According to Albert Camus, "The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor." Clearly, the gods had never met a public school teacher.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Why not?
I'm thinking of chronicling my experiences during my first year teaching in an inner-city turnaround school in the lowest-performing school district in the country. Thoughts?
Friday, September 9, 2011
Turnaround...or aimlessly spin
Two weeks into the school year, and so far...
This is so not worth the money.
- I still don't have any of the textbooks designated for my subject
- I have two co-op classes (I asked for no co-op classes)
- I still haven't received the special materials I was trained to use and must implement
- I have students who already are halfway to failing due to excessive absences
- Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!
- I'm already counting the days until summer
This is so not worth the money.
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