After invigillation earlier on, I went back straight to the staff room. As if the pounding headache wasn't bad enough, our dear Goh had something for me which only further aggravated the agony.

I would understand the students' woes if I had set the paper for a bunch of primary school students using the standard of English at secondary level. Goh told me that during the course of the examination, a couple of students had asked him what 'possible reasons' and 'accomodation' meant.

Having students not knowing what possible reasons and accomodation meant, at this level can only mean two things - one, their teachers have not taught them well or two, they really do not know and that's just sad.

Had I been their teacher, I would personally wring their necks. It's a good thing that I'm not their teacher and that I am fasting.

And here's another killer.

student: cher, admirer means old man is it?
goh: *obviously stumped by the student's inept ability to figure out what that means at his age* I don't know. I'm not going to tell you anything.

Sabar je lah.