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Made an expensive mistake at work..please cheer me up with your similar stories

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PollyCazaletWannabe · 03/06/2024 19:47

Discovered a couple of weeks ago that I had made a mistake at work. I'm a head of department in a school and I entered some candidates for the wrong A level exam paper- it should have been option B and I entered them for option A!! Discovered it in time and the students and parents will never know, but found out today that it will cost my school £1400 to rectify, as we have to pay late entry fees. (Which is probably going to need to come out of my department budget, as it was my mistake).

ARGH WHAT A TWAT I AM.

Does anyone have any similar stories to make me feel better please?

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ShadesofPoachedSmoke · 04/06/2024 00:22

endofthelinefinally · 03/06/2024 22:37

A teacher at my DC's school taught her 6th form the entire wrong A level syllabus. I am now wondering if she just entered them for the wrong exam. I think that is more likely. It was disastrous for the kids.

That's appalling!

Was there any comeback on the teacher? I assume the awful m/unexpected marks would have had to be investigated?

endofthelinefinally · 04/06/2024 05:19

ShadesofPoachedSmoke · 04/06/2024 00:22

That's appalling!

Was there any comeback on the teacher? I assume the awful m/unexpected marks would have had to be investigated?

I honestly can't remember. It was years ago and my Dc were much lower down the school.

Mylobsterteapot · 04/06/2024 05:36

A teacher friend of mine wanted to order some soil for her KS1 class to plant seeds. After shopping around, she found the best value bag and ordered it.
The reason it was such good value was that she had ordered a giant square bag of soil that had to be delivered by lorry.
Every class in school did planting, we gave loads away, and we’ve probably still got a small bag lurking somewhere!

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 04/06/2024 08:27

WineIsMyCarb · 03/06/2024 22:05

My DM did the same in the mid 70s @bleughgreen - Jewish brothers owned a small local chain of jewellers in NW. She went with prawn cocktail and ham salad because, y'know, sophisticated 70s choices for these important men.

Perhaps they didn't always keep totally kosher as they just told her not to tell their wives 🤣

Oh that reminds me of the time a colleague asked an overseas colleague their Christian name.

Colleague being asked was Saudi Arabian.

tekretd · 04/06/2024 08:36

I taught one of the DT technology subjects. All related but different. Quite a few to choose from. Similar exam numbers though.

I was always very very careful to get the correct exam number. One electronics exam course was very theoretical/mathematical. (We didn't do that one) the other was fare more practical based.

Fortunately we never got that wrong. Pupils would have struggled with q1 onwards.

All our subjects were practical and so we had moderators come in to check our marking. We knew some regulars and some did several tech subjects.

So the letter came in and we read it as a colleagues subject. He got all his projects out, neatened them up, labelled them.

Chap came in..... I've come to see electronics.

I was supposed to teach all afternoon. Projects all over the place, some at home - small ones were easier to take home to mark. Some had flat batteries in them etc etc. We always presented projects in the best light.

Fortunately he understood, my marking stood.

.........................................

Open evening. 5.00 pm Last minute jobs, setting out rooms. I'd put some things to cut on laser cutter and left to get a sandwich as it would be my last chance to eat until after 9.

Came back to find laser cutter had caught fire, fire engine had just left, smell of smoke. Laser cutter (£10,000) ruined.

The Head was very understanding. Said it could have happened to him - it'd have been p45 time with one I worked with.

I think insurance paid for another one.

thepresureofausername · 04/06/2024 08:43

You're not a twat! The people who think it's ok to charge schools that much money are twats.
How much will it really cost the exam company to change it?? Not £1400 I'm betting.

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