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OffDaMeterzzzz
Posts: 20120 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 12/6/2005 Member: #1052 |
3/25/2010 10:33 PM
Paladin, I read your post in Allanfan's thread. All I can say is wow. I am starting to get my feet wet to the scenarios you described.
Right now, I am subbing in a very tough school and have agreed to return in May (they dont need me in April) because I am in desperate need of a full-time position (have plenty debt to pay back). It was broken up into a few smaller schools, with the same students attending. The boys repeat the "n" word a million times a day and the girls say "suck my ...." all day long. Today a couple of kids were caught smoking pot in the bathroom. The assistant principal approached them, however I think nothing happened to them. Fights constantly break out, the school is filled with "Crips" gang members and the boys and girls fight and push one another, hitting each other in the face. I would not be suprised if some of the students end up in Riker's or Upstate prison. I wonder if it is worth reaching out to the student's on an individual basis. They are beyond violent, rowdy, disruptive and disrespectful and do whatever they feel like. The students are suspended on a regular basis where they spend a few hours a day in the school each day and then go home or don't go home. Today a kid was supposed to be suspended from school. I heard he has been suspended over 60 days this year. Somehow he received permission to attend (reward?) 2 phys. ed. classes in a row today. I have yet to see the administration administer anything beside the "morning message" bulletin which states that teacher's must hand in their "student centered" lesson plans focused on "differentiated instruction" and "collaborative" group work. It seems like the majority of teachers in my school are glorified babysitters who are just there to collect a paycheck. Sorry to say, I can almost see why. I covered a few of their classes when requested, and the stress of having to calm them down from screaming all day is unbelievable. I student taught 3 years ago in an ideal school with mostly good, mature students who can be taught and realized that as a student I attended schools with a lot of smart students, that had strong administrative leadership in what appears to have been an ideal situation compared to the schools I have subbed in. I gathered a lot from what you wrote earlier and from my brief initial experiences. No wonder every veteran teacher tries to steer me away from the profession. I don't have your e-mail address. You can drop it by offdameterzzzz@aol.com whenever you have a chance. |
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Allanfan20
Posts: 35947 Alba Posts: 50 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #542 USA |
3/25/2010 10:48 PM
Kurt Russell in Miracle. Most recently, Sandra Bullock did an outstanding job in the Blind Side.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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Allanfan20
Posts: 35947 Alba Posts: 50 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #542 USA |
3/25/2010 11:11 PM
Sorry, wrong thread.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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Paladin55
Posts: 24321 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/6/2008 Member: #2098 |
3/26/2010 12:58 AM
bitty41 wrote:Paladin55 wrote:OffDaMeterzzzz wrote:Paladin, thank you very much for the info. I have kept up to date about the ATR situation in the Chief civil service newspaper. I totally agree phys. ed. teachers deal with much less pressure than clasroom teachers. There is no comparison. Wow. Great clip. Have to show it to a few teacher friends. Probably should make a copy and give it to Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein, also. Thanks for letting me know about it. No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
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