April 17, 2018
1. I love this time of year because I finally get to learn my students as people and not just as mini-people I have to teach. This is gift and a curse. I have learned that my students could not identify Lauryn Hill from one of her music videos, thought the Remember the Time video was Black and White, have a vague understanding of Aaliyah and many other atrocities. I have created a music curriculum to manage these last six weeks because I can't let them go to high school like this.
1a. Some students knew their stuff. They had the good parents.
2. I wish teachers would be honest about resigning and leaving..."I'm not looking but if an opportunity presents itself..." yes there is a teacher shortage but no one is on the street corner begging for teachers. We know you're looking, we've seen you struggle all year. Go do what's best for you!
3. A part of being an effective teacher is finding the right fit. The right staff, demographics, campus,etc...it is ok to move around until you find that.
3a. I could take the best teacher from the suburbs and put them at the worst school in the city and they would fail...miserably. I could take the worst teacher from the city and put them in the suburbs and they would flourish. Sometimes what makes a teacher good and bad are the things out of their control. Teaching does not exist in a vacuum. The only thing that would be consistent is awful parents exist everywhere.
4. Boy roasts are always funny...
Scene: A group of boys that are all terrible at whatever they are arguing about today are puffing their chests out to be labeled the best of the worst.
Boy: "Shut up your ugly self up. That's why your nose looks like the Saints logo."
Me (internally): Well, I'll be damn. His nose does look like a fleur-de-lis.
Me (externally): Don't ya'll have some work to do?
Everybody scurries to pretend to do something.
Boy*attempts whisper*: Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat _________ ugly nose off his face?
Me:
1a. Some students knew their stuff. They had the good parents.
2. I wish teachers would be honest about resigning and leaving..."I'm not looking but if an opportunity presents itself..." yes there is a teacher shortage but no one is on the street corner begging for teachers. We know you're looking, we've seen you struggle all year. Go do what's best for you!
3. A part of being an effective teacher is finding the right fit. The right staff, demographics, campus,etc...it is ok to move around until you find that.
3a. I could take the best teacher from the suburbs and put them at the worst school in the city and they would fail...miserably. I could take the worst teacher from the city and put them in the suburbs and they would flourish. Sometimes what makes a teacher good and bad are the things out of their control. Teaching does not exist in a vacuum. The only thing that would be consistent is awful parents exist everywhere.
4. Boy roasts are always funny...
Scene: A group of boys that are all terrible at whatever they are arguing about today are puffing their chests out to be labeled the best of the worst.
Boy: "Shut up your ugly self up. That's why your nose looks like the Saints logo."
Me (internally): Well, I'll be damn. His nose does look like a fleur-de-lis.
Me (externally): Don't ya'll have some work to do?
Everybody scurries to pretend to do something.
Boy*attempts whisper*: Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat _________ ugly nose off his face?
Me:
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