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Insights behind the perils of being a teacher
September 2007 - Posts
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Dear Teacher, I don't understand why my son/daughter is doing so poorly in your class. You never send home any of their papers with grades on them. I never get any notes from you even though I have requested you send me a note every single day. I have Read More...
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We are already at the end of our first quarter. I have parent conferences looming over me after I get back from break. I am ready this time. I got the idea from another blog. I will just tell the parents that the reason their child got the grades they Read More...
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Boy! Does that describe parents these days. You often can tell what the parents will be like when you have a student in your class who causes problems. Not always, but usually. Here's one tale: We have a student who shuts down every time someone gives Read More...
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I have a challenge this year. I have 4 very smart boys who don't do any work. I have tried rewards when they do something but it only worked the first time and then they don't care. I don't have the money to make the rewards "worthwhile" and besides I Read More...
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I don't mind observations. I have been teaching for 21 years. I am used to being observed and evaluated. I have even done a few in my time. But, tomorrow, the new Curriculum Director is going to come into my classroom to make sure that I am doing everything Read More...
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Well, I couldn't get through the week without upsetting Monkey Poop again. All I did was tell her that my classroom fridge is not for public use now that there is a fridge in the lounge down the hall. She blew a gasket. She said I told her that she could Read More...
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In our staff lounge, the table is covered with all kinds of sale brochures. Each from a different place and person. They are not giving the teachers a break in price. No, they think we are a captive audience and try to make us feel guilty about not wanting Read More...
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Our Science books were late in coming to our school. So, we took matters into our own hands and I grabbed out a bunch of stuff on Solar cookers and had all the kids make their own. We did activities and read about convection, conduction and radiant energy. Read More...
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I went to an inservice today that I did not want to attend. I have so much to do in my classroom and I am way behind because before school I do playground duty and after school, I have bus duty and it sometimes goes for 45 minutes! However, I did make Read More...
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Someone who is monkey poop is a person who nit-picks. They only want to focus on the details. They are not really interested in the big picture. That would be the gorilla poop people. One of the teachers on my team is a monkey pooper and the rest of us Read More...
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Well, I had my meeting with the wayward teacher and the principal. I had to let her go first (I would have anyway) and BOY did she have a load of crap to share. Apparantly I am a DICTATOR because I am in charge of the team and she doesn't like that. I Read More...
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There were two of them. They were about as drop dead handsome as any man has a right to be. They came strolling into my classroom (with the principal in tow) to find out which of my students had called 911. I just said, "Officers, take me away. I will Read More...
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We are working very hard at building a team approach in our school. We plan our lessons and activities together. I kind of like it because I have already had 3 students who have moved from our school to one of our other elementary schools. If we are all Read More...
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How come we put up with doing so much on our "own" time. We have a meeting after school-after bus duty and I know it won't end by 3:00. That is when we are off the clock. Plus, I think of all the planning, grading, creating, coloring, drawing, and purchasing Read More...
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My daughter was reminding me that she will be out of touch for a while. She has to go to a Tailhook convention. She asked me if I remembered the scandal. Of course I did! It was awful. She is in the Navy and HAS had advances made at her. After all she Read More...
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It is a discipline question. What is going on in the schools with discipline? When you ask parents, they say bullying is one of the biggest problems children face at school. I think it is worse than that. I think adults are not responding to students Read More...
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My youngest daughter was just promoted to Lt JG in the US Navy! She has been in for 12 years. She enlisted when she was 17. After 2 tours in the Gulf, she came back to shore duty and went to college in the evenings. She had to attend 2 colleges at the Read More...
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I gave my class a science assignment on solar hotdog cookers and to them it meant they could jump up and dash across the classroom and talk to their friends. Where do they get these ideas? I know they work in groups in the lower grades. I am only 4th Read More...
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Holy cow! Don't parents send their kids to bed anymore? My neighborhood is flooded with little kids and big kids who should already be in bed. We have school tomorrow! But, they are playing, riding bikes, and running up and down the streets like they Read More...
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I don't understand it. This is the fourth week of school and we are testing the crap out of our students. We started with a Math inventory which we had to turn the scores in to the district. Then it was a reading inventory, DIBLES, and Children's progress. Read More...
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Here is a link to a blog from parents. I thought it was pretty good. What Your Child Won't Learn While "No Child Left Behind" is Law Posted by Rachael Brownell (Redsy) Poetry for one. Jonathan Kozol, author of many award-winning books about the shabby Read More...
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