tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post3840302785428589013..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Cuckoo aledoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-60135020228897954682009-09-27T10:00:24.199-04:002009-09-27T10:00:24.199-04:00@John - I am not talking about the folks who have ...@John - I am not talking about the folks who have responsibilities outside of school. I know the road rally that is child care, lessons, homework, making dinner - I respect and admire those folks who make it all work. I'm talking about those teachers whose kids are grown, who like their "sleep in" when they don't have a class until 9:05. I work in a small school. We all know each other WAY too well sometimes.Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-89360910554274702602009-09-27T09:39:49.187-04:002009-09-27T09:39:49.187-04:00My best teachers seem to be the ones who find the ...My best teachers seem to be the ones who find the time to provide the students the help they need. I struggle with my group who race the children to the parking lot every day.Charlie Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335346223868916197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-10663387990084124092009-09-27T09:32:42.257-04:002009-09-27T09:32:42.257-04:00@ Kate: I get frustrated when teachers leave early...@ Kate: I get frustrated when teachers leave early, but often it's things out of their control. The number of teachers who have to pick kids up from daycare or who take papers home to grade or who work early (before I ever get to school) is much larger than I once imagined. <br /><br />@ Doyle: One of my favorite conversations to have with students is "Who owns the school?" It takes kids awhile to understand the concept of public ownership, but it's part of learning about the American Revolution. <br /><br />They seem surprised, too, when they find that dressing as Native Americans wasn't meant as a disguise as much as it was the "native savage" myth and the idea that Indians had a better concept of a public commons.<br /><br />I find it odd that, at least in assessment, instructional materials and standards, the biggest decisions are made by transnational (I wouldn't dare call McGraw Hill multinational. It would make it sound as if they feel a sense of obligation to any nation) corporations.<br /><br />When I explained the system this year, a kid wrote, "That's more rigged than Chuck-E-Cheese."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26614721858593060572009-09-27T09:25:05.479-04:002009-09-27T09:25:05.479-04:00I have taught at my school for 12 years, and it al...I have taught at my school for 12 years, and it always makes me cranky when I go looking for a teacher at 3:15 in the afternoon (my day ends at 3:10) and their room is locked and dark. Or at 7:30 in the morning (my day starts at 8:10) and their room is locked and dark. <br /><br />I don't even want to venture into my issues with tutoring. <br /><br />I've moved back to the middle school where there is considerably more mirth and jollity - both students and faculty. It was a wise move and although when I get an assignment handed in I have 73 to read, it can still be fun.<br /><br />It's clear that this year's class needs more work on fundamental reading, sentence structure, usage, and spelling than some. Maybe together (the students, teachers, and I) we can make some of those tutors unnecessary.Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com