Resistors, more resistors and some capacitors

There's an A2 ISA tomorrow morning. Cue the mass panic!

Obviously I can't go into specific details (despite the fact that kids have been discussing the items in various forums since september), but there's A LOT of electrical components needed. The instructions say that the resistors need to be clearly labelled.

Now, when I was in year 7 I got taught the resistor colour code.

It's not that complicated, and it means that any resistor you pick up is already clearly labelled. Apparently that's too complicated for our year 13s though. It would tax their little brains to have to work out the resistances for themselves! As a result I have had to spend hours printing labels and attaching them to the appropriate resistor.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse - the capacitors need labelling so the little dears don't connect them back to front. Foolishly I assumed that our capacitors were already sufficiently labelled. After all, they have a very clear 'minus' sign on one side, and the leg is shorter on that side. Not good enough! More labels required.

The icing on the cake however came with the batteries. I had put the batteries in their holder with the pre-printed 'plus' and 'minus' clearly visible. Surely that would be ok?
Of course not! Each battery pack now needs a printed label attached to the 'plus' terminal.

So far I've spent a good 5 hours over several days prepping just this one practical. I'll be in early tomorrow to get it set out in the lab. Joy!