First Quiz - marked

Yesterday my classes took their first quiz (Knowledge) and I thought it would take them 30 minutes and it took close to an hour. I marked it last night and the majority of the students did quite well. The marks are skewed to the upper end as I have quite a few scholars in my classes. I also had some outliers at the bottom of the mark range so some of the students may want to rethink staying in the course.

A scholar is a student in Science and mathematics that the Malaysian government is paying their costs to attend Taylors. The government is trying to develop a skilled workforce in Science and Mathematics (particularly Engineering) so they do not have to be dependent on foreign workers. These students are bright and very committed. These scholars tend to skew the results in a course such as mine. It's a nice problem to have (if you consider it a problem).

We have a shortened schedule today as there is a compulsory student body meeting the last period. It is on student safety (street proofing, etc.). Shelley and I also have a meeting from 4 pm to 5 pm to discuss our upcoming PD trip to an island just off the mainland. Did I mention it was all expenses paid (just like back home :-)

On Saturday, Steve is renting a car and the 3 of us are off on an excursion (3 hours, there and back) to a nice beach on the ocean. We have not yet been to the ocean and we are looking forward to it.

We finish off our 3rd week of teaching today and our first 4 weeks in Malaysia. So far it has been all good and we are settling in nicely to the school, routines, etc. The weather is really quite nice and not over bearing as I thought it would be. Matter of fact, I am quite looking forward to lounging around the outdoor pool from November to March. I will be sure to take lots of pictures for those of you in the great frozen white north we call Canada.

Hey Larry, I hear the weather has been abysmal in Ottawa. Are you ready for a visit to a warmer climate yet? I get ESPN here as well as about 8 more sports channels on the satellite feed.

TTYL,

Jim