Exam marking support thread

[RainbowSmash]

Is anyone else going through the hell of marking exam papers?!

I actually want to stick pins in my eyes :D

No.
Sorry.
Tried it once.
Still getting over it.

(Sorry)

Haha! I had a terrible experience last year, and still came back, just thinking of all the wine the money can buy whilst I sun myself on holiday!

I'm not a teacher but am marking accountancy exam papers. Am more than half way through but still a way to go yet.

I did. But I finished a couple of weeks ago. Had the luxury of half term.

Keep going!

My mum and dad are both marking a level papers - both doing 2 each. They seem to have been doing it for ever...

I'm 10 days in with 10 to go! Done 40% so far but it gets easier as the essay Q's are starting to drop off as we have less of those. As much as I hate it, and I do REALLY hate it, I find it an invaluable experience!

I have 150 to go.
Am in hell.
NEver ever again

I was so crap at it I got banned from doing it again...

Oh no! It is so hard and really makes me wonder sometimes if I have a clue what I am doing! I dread emails from my TL telling me I got one wrong! I have 750 to go but I do between 40-90 Q's a night and this is every night too!

what's even more annoying is I start a new job in a new school in September and they don't even teach the unit I am marking

I've just finished two lots of marking... Currently on a week's break before I take on my next two sets - GCSE and A level. Love the A level, but it's badly paid. Detest marking GCSE, but it is well paid and a good way for me to keep in touch with GCSE teaching, now I no longer do it.

I have standardisation today. Haven't done it before and fear I may be making a horrible mistake. The deadlines are insane... I'll need to average 100 questions per day and the shortest questions are 6 marks (5 Qs per paper).

Finished my GCSE marking last week (English Lit). I've done it for 3 years and I'm not doing it again! Keep going OP, you'll get there!

I took on a team leader role this year and am marking 2 different A level subjects. Why?! I always forget how much I hate it!

finished mine at the w/e, have vowed never to do it again!

Lechie - at the rusk of sounding insane, what board gcse do you mark? I do edexcel which finishes 7th July. I would like to find one ghat I could do after if for next year.

My hat is off to anyone sho can do it while working ft. I work part time and the money is a godsend but it takes a lot of time.

Sorry for typos

Margarita - I do OCR for GCSE.

I work FT, but can manage it because at the moment, I work in FE so all my students have finished for the year and I've got no teaching now until Sept (bar a couple of hours on our introduction days). Therefore at the moment, work is strictly 9 - 4, and I do marking outside it. Couldn't do it if I were still teaching though.

Thanks.

Kill me now. Why am I TL for 2 papers? And why do I always ask myself that at this time of year, and then sign up to do the same again next year?

25% done so far, trying to do some every night but DH has been out 5/7 nights and DD is not sleeping, so progress has been slow.
This is my 5th year, I no longer teach the subject or exam board, but havent been able to swap and I need the money!

I am up to 60% :)

Have marked 360 so there's 240 left. This year we've only got 3 weeks instead of the normal 4 so is rather more intensive

Had standardisation today... I've marked 25 of my 75 initial sample now but I'm not that confident that I'll be cleared to mark on the basis of what I've done so far... I agonised over a lot of them.

What subjects do you guys mark? I am doing History :)

Snap! I'm history too

Which board/paper are you doing?