A teacher from Bucharest has published on Facebook a confession about the pressures felt in the scoring process and about “Inflation” of high schools from schools. Alexandru Codreanu, professor of physics, said he apologized to the students because he failed to evaluate them correctly.
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“At the end of this school year, I told the students” goodbye “by apologizing that I could not evaluate them correctly. In physics, the general averages granted by me vary between 7 and 10, but unfortunately, they did not always reflect the real level of knowledge. Why do I say that? Because I gave up. I was put in situations that made me choose the “compromise of peace” instead of real demand “, Alexandru Codreanu wrote.
He explained that the grades granted did not always reflect the real level of knowledge of the students, because it was confronted with numerous pressures from the parents, the management of the school and even the colleagues.
The examples provided by Alexandru Codreanu
“At the first test, a student cried compulsively because she had taken note 9.” I learned all day! “, He said. For her, note 9 did not mean success, but failure. ”
“When a listened student told me honestly he” knows nothing “, I gave him the note 4. The answer? Parents’ visit, accusations of psychological abuse, pressures to change the note and a notification in the leadership. ”
“In the chancellery, some leaders have recommended high grades, even in the absence of effort.” Student Wellbeing “should not be disturbed, even if that means cultivating their illusion.”
“In the current system, you can remain repetitive only if you have (too) many unmotivated absences. Corigence is” to avoid “.”
“How did we get here?”
The teacher points out that it all started from 2022, when Media V -VIII began to count 20% in high school admission. “For many parents, the notes have become more important than the knowledge. The pressure exerted by the family, the loss of the teachers’ authority and the mentality” high grades at any price “have led to an inflation of 9 and 10”, support it.
The consequences? Students focus only on Romanian and mathematics, and in the rest of the subjects – including science – they are installed “Scientific illiteracy”, warns the teacher. Moreover, the demanding teachers get to be considered “Problems” by parents and colleagues.
The teacher also comments on the recent crisis of merit scholarships: “After an electoral school year 2024-2025, in which scholarships have been given, now the ministry finds that (no more) money. And they have introduced meritocracy: it is not enough to take over 9.50; now only the first 15% of the students qualify for a merit scholarship.” And if the system does not change, there is a risk that teachers will raise the grades even more so as not to affect the chances of the students.
In conclusion, the teacher draws attention that “We are all complicit in this diluted scoring system: parents, teachers, educational management. The notes are no longer relevant.”
Posting ends with “The Lord gave, the Lord has taken. The Lord is praised!”
