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Three Weeks of Teaching Later
6 years ago
Glimpse The Thoughts of Jack the Beaver
So I first taught in an actual "You are now being paid" classroom on August the 26th and after three weeks I love teaching, love the school and loathe with a firey burning passion the school system. The students have issues but even the worst ones I sympathize with more than get mad at. I want them to have lives as good as they deserve, I wonder how much of a difference that would make. My biggest issue at the school is I have a meeting every day, sometimes two (and tomorrow a whole THREE times that day!). So if that seems like you don't have a planning period or time to do grading, you'd be correct. I don't have time to do much of anything but rush from one meeting to another. It's a little exhausting.
In much the same was St. Peter's Cathedral is a bit ostentatious.
Today I had to go to another meeting, this one by the people who gave me my licence. To keep the licence I have more work to do and naturally I've already fallen way behind. I am so grateful that one of the people at the meeting brought up a point to the speaker, that we're working fourteen hour days and this can't continue. The speaker gave us some lame "I was a first year teacher once, I understand" BS, which just pissed off the audience. Especially when the woman in the crowd who first spoke up pointed out that "No, what I mean is we've got fourteen hour days BEFORE you dump extra work on us asshole." Okay that's not fair, the speaker was just trying to do his job.
But that doesn't make us any less tired.
Tomorrow I'll rush to school early (before the early meeting) to get my copies made so I can do a review with students who flat out won't do the work unless someone holds a gun to their heads. I can tell the students who are doing the work, they're the ones who either have gotten good grades or at least turned in the work. In contrast my biggest issue is students aren't turning the work in. I keep handing out zeros like popcorn, but nothing seems to work. Calling parents keeps making things worse.
I've also had six kids pulled from my class, had multiple write up forms flying out and one expulsion. Other than that, the long hours, the hour drive, the lack of sleep and the constant destruction of my class room it's an easy job. Plus in spite of the frustration it is a satisfying job, even if it feels like I'm not doing a lot I know something has to be getting through.
In furry news I am writing something, so that's good. Waiting to see if Comus finishes that furry tf sequence for me, we'll see. I am going to MFF with
rimme and others. I look forward to it, I'll get some new art and for once two new badges. I'm going to go ahead and make rat and seal me full fledged alternate fursonas, I feel like a rat most days lately anyway. Plus those tails are great.
Won't be posting much for a little while. This job is beating me like a drum. We'll see what happens.
In much the same was St. Peter's Cathedral is a bit ostentatious.
Today I had to go to another meeting, this one by the people who gave me my licence. To keep the licence I have more work to do and naturally I've already fallen way behind. I am so grateful that one of the people at the meeting brought up a point to the speaker, that we're working fourteen hour days and this can't continue. The speaker gave us some lame "I was a first year teacher once, I understand" BS, which just pissed off the audience. Especially when the woman in the crowd who first spoke up pointed out that "No, what I mean is we've got fourteen hour days BEFORE you dump extra work on us asshole." Okay that's not fair, the speaker was just trying to do his job.
But that doesn't make us any less tired.
Tomorrow I'll rush to school early (before the early meeting) to get my copies made so I can do a review with students who flat out won't do the work unless someone holds a gun to their heads. I can tell the students who are doing the work, they're the ones who either have gotten good grades or at least turned in the work. In contrast my biggest issue is students aren't turning the work in. I keep handing out zeros like popcorn, but nothing seems to work. Calling parents keeps making things worse.
I've also had six kids pulled from my class, had multiple write up forms flying out and one expulsion. Other than that, the long hours, the hour drive, the lack of sleep and the constant destruction of my class room it's an easy job. Plus in spite of the frustration it is a satisfying job, even if it feels like I'm not doing a lot I know something has to be getting through.
In furry news I am writing something, so that's good. Waiting to see if Comus finishes that furry tf sequence for me, we'll see. I am going to MFF with
rimme and others. I look forward to it, I'll get some new art and for once two new badges. I'm going to go ahead and make rat and seal me full fledged alternate fursonas, I feel like a rat most days lately anyway. Plus those tails are great.Won't be posting much for a little while. This job is beating me like a drum. We'll see what happens.
Good luck on getting through to them. Stand and Deliver.
Rat's are awesome and our tails are fantastic! Definitely one of our neatest and most recognizable features! That and my hat is how folks find me at cons.
Dominus tecum