Mrs Burgess is hunting me down cause I'm smart and I'm not a spok enough for her. I feel like I'm in trouble for not being perfect! How does that work when no ones perfect???
The thing is, She wants me to enter this maths competition that I DON"T WANT TO ENTER. I've told her I don't want to do it, but she keeps bugging me and I have to really try to be polite to her. She is completely going against the bullying and harrasment policy. I'm feeling more harassed by her than I have ever felt before.
So thisafternoon I got a call at home from Mrs Burgess. She wantd to talk to my parents cause she doesn't believe me when I tell her my parents won't make me do competitions I don't want to do. (Mum learnt that one last year) She made me give her Dad's number. And so She has called both my parents on their mobiles, just as if I was a naughty little pest.
And I'm not!!! I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not I'm not!!! I am not an anoying pest and I do not deserve to be hunted down. Oh Yeah, and did I mention what fighting with teachers does to your chances of being a prefect in grade ten. *groan* And I really want to be a prefect.
(And I'm on the verge of a nervous brake down)
I'd like some sympthy please! What should I do? Should I enter this competition just so she doesn't hate me and I'll get to be a prefect? Then what'll happen next time she wants me to enter a competition? When do I say no??? I have a reputation that can't afford to get any worse here!
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Which competition? Is it the 2009 Maths Challenge Stage by the Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee? Mike's doing that one, and yes we would have made him do it, if he hadn't volunteered...
ReplyDeleteAnd I would stick by my guns and say NO! If it turns out that this is the only reason why you don't make prefect, then that's discrimination. :) Have a nice day.
You know that you are fairly smart, you don't have to prove it. If you want the extra work and extra credit, that is up to you. Talk to your mum, she is still fairly smart too you know.
ReplyDeleteMy view on these competitions is that they provide a snapshot of where you are at. They also provide practise at sitting under exam conditions. If there is no follow-up teaching (to explain the questions that you got wrong) then they do not actually further your education. They do, however, provide some brain stimulation, you get to skip a class to do them, and of course they help ingrain your position as class nerd. The school love the good publicity they get when one of their students excels, and if you continue to give Clarence this publicity, you are fairly certain to be on their prefect list. Having said all that, it is up to you to make your decision!
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention - it's the Australian Mathematics Competition run by the Australian Mathematics Trust(separate to the Maths olympiad).
ReplyDeleteI think they might be one and the same competition, lizard breath. Do the questions have to be handed in sometime in June?
ReplyDeleteI've looked at the Australian Mathematices Trust (AMT) website and the Australian Maths Competition (AMC) and the Maths Olympiad (MO) may be related, but do appear to be separate. AMC date is 6th August.
ReplyDeleteHannah and Rachel participated in MO before, and from my understanding (which may not be correct) this is a series of tests submitted approximately monthly. Clarence High isn't offering MO this year, but Howrah Primary is. Rachel has already done something for the MO on Thursday this week.
I give up - there's too many maths competitions. Hannah has just informed me that the Maths Challenge (MC) is separate from the MO and the AMC. Hannah was asked to sit the MC, but to the disappointment of her teachers, elected not to. That's why they are chasing her so hard for the AMC.
ReplyDeleteClear?
OK, sorry I've let you guys debate thhis so long without answering your questions.
ReplyDeleteMum and Auntie Bec are talking about two completely different competitions. they are run by the same people as far as i know, but the one Mike's in is more extended as far as i know. My teacher was trying to make me enter that one as well, but the deadline arrived before I had gotten around to it (yay).
This one you sit down for just over an hour and answer 30 questions.
Thank you for the explanation. I shall expect Mike to bring home news of that one soon, I suppose...
ReplyDeleteInteresting advice from LadyJane.
ReplyDeleteIf it were "If it were me, I'd stick to my guns and say no - but Mike doesnt get a choice....".
Personally I can't think of much worse than volunteering for extra maths. Do you get paid for being a prefect? Even then, it'd hardly be worth the effort.
Well thats another thing. We have to pay to sit a maths test, we have to pay for OVER AN HOUR OF TORTURE. It really doesn't make sense to me why anyone would actually WANT to do it.
ReplyDeleteNo, you don't get payed for being a prefect, but you are aloud to wander round the school at any time and no one questions you. Plus I reckon it might actually be fun.
ROFL@ Robert! If he'd said NO! do you really think I'd have forced him? I simply would have pointed out his mathematical prowess to his teacher, that's all. And dropped a few hints (okay, they would have been heavy-handed)at home. Lols.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh - i was laughn' sooo much (hehehehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!!!) when u said Mrs Burgess is going against the Bullying and Harrassment Policy!!!! u hav humour!!
ReplyDeletepoor u! hope she gives in!!
ooh ... and u hav to pay for this maths comp - oooh!! does Mrs Burgess know u don't like maths? (do u?)
ReplyDeleteand goodness - hope u don't give in!!!