Invigilators

A week ago, the period of common tests started, and for each paper, there is a different invigilator. There are a few invigilators who left me an impression. Who, you might ask. Well, here they are…

First, it is Mrs Michelle Wong. She was the invigilator for EL paper 1. While my class got our bags and notes outside the classroom, Mrs Wong started placing the papers on our desks and told us not to come into the class yet. I stood by the front door for the next set of instructions. Mrs Wong walked to the door and announced, “2 seconds, run in. Those who sit down first can start.” I was one of them who ran in first. It was so cute of Mrs Wong. She is the first invigilator who gave such an interesting set of instructions.

Secondly, it is Mr Ambert Khoo. He was the invigilator for EL paper 2. There was not anything interesting till we were about to start the paper. When it was time to start, he said “Okay, your paper is 1 hour and 40 minutes. I’m timing it on the stopwatch here. All right, begin.” It was the first time an invigilator ever used a stopwatch to keep track of time for an examination.

Thirdly, it is Mdm Tan Lay Gin (aka Chen Liren). She was the invigilator for Physics. She is simply the most calculating invigilator I have ever seen! She stepped into my class and started writing some instructions on the board in Chinese. “Only pens, pencils, rulers, erasers and calculators are allowed. ALL other belongings are not allowed, even pencil cases.” was written. Everyone was like thinking…"What the hell! Pencil cases are also being prohibited?” She then added "staplers" when she realised that we needed it too. I was smart enough to have it in my pocket before placing my pencil case outside.

She is the worst invigilator I had ever seen for the time being. She did not collect and count the scripts by herself. All the work is done by students (including me, somehow unwillingly).

(To be continued…)