The ides of November
Imagine, we’re already almost halfway through the month. In fact, this is the day known as the “Ides”. Now, before you argue that I really mean the fifteenth day, that isn’t strictly true. According to the Roman calendar, three days of each month were important: the Kalends, Nones and Ides. For reasons that require a working knowledge of Latin, the Ides can vary. So there. Take that bit of trivia.
I did some more in-service today on the new report card system. Old habits die hard, and the little bit where we are going to change from numerical codes to alphanumeric codes which are roughly equivalent to certain ranges of marks but aren’t really because the evaluation is based on completely different criteria but the report will be transmitted in numerical format for archival purposes and the parent may receive two parallel reports until the change in evaluation is complete by next year or maybe this year depending on budget (pause here to breathe) shows that this field is far from clear.
In fact, I enjoy doing my little bit for the obfuscation cause.
