I usually leave the hotel to walk to the Salt Palace for breakfast by 7am, getting there by about 7:15. In the past, this usually gives me some quite time at the breakfast table with some of my friends. However, today, the place was packed! I have received varying numbers, but they have apparently recruited anywhere from 400 to 600 more teachers and professors than last year to help with just the world history test.
Our first half of the day is spent receiving instruction on how to score the essay we are assigned. This test had six different written responses with one of them including a choice, and then at least three versions of the test. I believe that separates us into over twenty different groups, but I could be wrong.
The second half of this first day is then spent paired up and going through our first "live" essays at a slow pace. We then compare our scores with our partners, occasionally asking the various levels of readers for clarification as we make certain that we are all scoring consistently. This way, no matter who gets a student's essay, that student should receive the same score.
We finished at 5pm. I ate dinner, walked home, and have been working on homework since (I have nothing due today, but a couple of things due tomorrow that I am trying to get a jump on). The plan is to go to bed in another hour or so and start the process again.
All I want to do at the moment is go to sleep.