Wow, talk about time flying when you're having fun. If feels like I just got out of school and here I am already 2 weeks away from it. It's funny how life throws you a curve ball when things look so great. I'm starting on a trip to my girlfriend's house when I get a call saying my father's in the hospital with congestive heart failure...a terminal case. Mind you, I'm the rational one in the family so I'm thinking the worst case scenario and working on calling my gf to delay plans for the weekend, maybe even forget them altogether. Instead, she wants to come with me, which made my weekend.
Once we get there, my father is wheezing and sore, but seems ok. The doctor's are unsure of what's going on. After a day's worth of testing, they want to do a cath to make sue his heart is ok, which luckily it is. He was released and within 2 days, he's going on vacation. It's interesting to see how medicene and doctors can't treat everything. No matter what they threw at him, it didn't work. It just had to run it's course.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Finally, the last day is here!
Thank God! I can finally see the light! The last day is now upon us. I'm finally through with school for this year (except for the 5,728,019 calls I'll receive during the summer because the staff lost/forgot things). I hate taking up the load for the others. This year, we are losing a large number of our staff. Wonder why they're leaving? One coach is taking a soccer job at the high school level (congrats to him). Another is high school certified...bye bye. The third is just fed up with the students at my school, and I can't blame her. I am too. I almost left the entire district this year because of the lack of backing from the administration and parents. Nonetheless, we get to move the students on. No Child Left Behind (a.k.a. No Child Ever Failing) is doing it's work again and promoting two students onward. Yea to them. Hopefully they won't be the ones to be candy striping my bed as I get older. That would suck the big one. Nonetheless, sumer is here and I have time off. Hopefully I can share more of my adventures from the school year with you throughout the summer.
Friday, May 11, 2007
What did he say at the meeting? Only 300 more days to go this school year?!?!?
I'm a teacher for a group of middle school brats. I have always enjoyed my job up until this year. Everything they've ever wanted has been handed to them. They almost all have cell phones. most carry an MP3, PSP, Game Boy or some device to mindlessly try to get through the day. They believe they have the right to do whatever they wish and nothing will come of it. The suspensions here are a joke. we have a principal (female) and an asst. principal (male). Some examples of this month's issues:
1). Student comes into class extremely late. When asked for a pass, she cannot produce one. she stays in class but is written up and referred to the office. end result?? Nothing. I was never asked what occurred and he (asst. principal) could care less.
2). Tardiness to school is no big deal. We are asked to set up meetings with the offending parents. It does not help. They throw excuses like Roger Clemmens throws fastballs. "I can't help it...she always needs me to go back and get something." "We try to gt up, but we're not early people." "We get up at 6:15, but never get here on time (mind you we start at 7:15)."
3). A kid actually accused me of locking her inside the classroom. Even worse, I was questioned by the PRINCIPAL by it. Mind you, it is a FIRE HAZARD to have a double lock. All locks are for going into a room but allow the person to get out, so this is impossible. Nonetheless, I get questioned over it.
4). Parents who complain about their children because their child didn't do the work and want a free grade, redo, or late grade. I made it VERY clear that I don't accept late work. I tell them at least once per week, put it in my syllabus, and drill it into their heads daily. life doesn't have freebies, so why should school. these students are well into their teenage years. They need to understand that they have one shot at things.
Some things I apparently need to tell the parents at the beginning of the year:
a). Your child is here to work, not socialize. Save that for the hallways, lunch, and before/after school.
b). Do you have a job? Are you late to work? If not, then why is your child to school late? if you have a job and are consistently late, how do you still have a job?
c). If your child failed and got a 65%, it was a "gimmie" grade. Be happy he/she didn't get the 30/40/2 he/she deserved.
d). Don't complain to the teachers if your child's IPod/MP3 player, Game Boy, PSP, etc. is stolen while being locked away. Luckily I haven't had that issue, but other teachers have. If your child brought it and it was stolen, it's his/her fault, no one else's (except maybe yours for condoning it).
e). Do not get mad if a cell phone is taken up. if it was taken up, it's because the teacher saw it when it is to be concealed (definition: To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide.) and off (definition: out of operation or effective existence).
f). Double-check your child's clothing to see what is being worn is indeed appropriate. If you are called to bring in other clothes, don't complain. You have a child, show responsibility.
Ok, that's better. I'm de-stressed, it took less than an hour, and it cost me nothing. MUCH better than a psych visit. :)
1). Student comes into class extremely late. When asked for a pass, she cannot produce one. she stays in class but is written up and referred to the office. end result?? Nothing. I was never asked what occurred and he (asst. principal) could care less.
2). Tardiness to school is no big deal. We are asked to set up meetings with the offending parents. It does not help. They throw excuses like Roger Clemmens throws fastballs. "I can't help it...she always needs me to go back and get something." "We try to gt up, but we're not early people." "We get up at 6:15, but never get here on time (mind you we start at 7:15)."
3). A kid actually accused me of locking her inside the classroom. Even worse, I was questioned by the PRINCIPAL by it. Mind you, it is a FIRE HAZARD to have a double lock. All locks are for going into a room but allow the person to get out, so this is impossible. Nonetheless, I get questioned over it.
4). Parents who complain about their children because their child didn't do the work and want a free grade, redo, or late grade. I made it VERY clear that I don't accept late work. I tell them at least once per week, put it in my syllabus, and drill it into their heads daily. life doesn't have freebies, so why should school. these students are well into their teenage years. They need to understand that they have one shot at things.
Some things I apparently need to tell the parents at the beginning of the year:
a). Your child is here to work, not socialize. Save that for the hallways, lunch, and before/after school.
b). Do you have a job? Are you late to work? If not, then why is your child to school late? if you have a job and are consistently late, how do you still have a job?
c). If your child failed and got a 65%, it was a "gimmie" grade. Be happy he/she didn't get the 30/40/2 he/she deserved.
d). Don't complain to the teachers if your child's IPod/MP3 player, Game Boy, PSP, etc. is stolen while being locked away. Luckily I haven't had that issue, but other teachers have. If your child brought it and it was stolen, it's his/her fault, no one else's (except maybe yours for condoning it).
e). Do not get mad if a cell phone is taken up. if it was taken up, it's because the teacher saw it when it is to be concealed (definition: To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide.) and off (definition: out of operation or effective existence).
f). Double-check your child's clothing to see what is being worn is indeed appropriate. If you are called to bring in other clothes, don't complain. You have a child, show responsibility.
Ok, that's better. I'm de-stressed, it took less than an hour, and it cost me nothing. MUCH better than a psych visit. :)
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