Giving a Test

I think giving a test is the second worst feeling after taking a test, possibly moreso. Taking a test means a temporarily stressful end to a block of learning. It is a concluding act that quantifies the time and effort you put into something, multiplied by some arbitrary factor as determined by prior knowledge and the teacher's (in)ability to adequately assess learning. Giving a test is instead a beacon of stress to come, and while it will still quantify your prior efforts as a teacher, the worst part is that any arbitrary modifier discovered (after averaging the scores and weighting them by each student's prior effort, time, and knowledge) are also a quantification of your ability to adequately assess learning.