"All Knowledge is Worth Having..."  alysedai
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Newport News, Virginia
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Okay, so most of you know that I'm a High School English teacher. I generally love my job. What I don't love is when the school changes stuff on me at the last minute.
At the beginning of the year, I was under the impression that I would have two Young Adult Literature classes (electives) and the rest of my classes would be 10th grade English classes. On THE DAY before students come, I was told that I didn't have enough students in my YA Lit classes, and so they were going to dissolve one of them and turn it into a 9th grade class...which I hadn't taught in 3 years. Oh, and to make matters worse, all of the materials that I used to have for 9th grade had gotten wiped from my hard drive the year before. So that was fun.
Well, today, two days before the new semester, I was told that they had closed my OTHER YA Lit class. And that now, I have to teach a Mythology class. I have never taken Mythology. I have only a rudimentary understanding of myths. And they expect me to teach 18 weeks worth of it. AND I have no curriculum, I don't know what book I have, and I have no idea what to do.
But I don't really have a whole lot of time to plan all of that stuff, because I have to finalize my grades for the semester.
*headdesk*
Excuse me while I cry over here.
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Wheezy_Knight
| @alysedai Said 
Well, today, two days before the new semester, I was told that they had closed my OTHER YA Lit class. And that now, I have to teach a Mythology class. I have never taken Mythology. I have only a rudimentary understanding of myths. And they expect me to teach 18 weeks worth of it. AND I have no curriculum, I don't know what book I have, and I have no idea what to do.
But I don't really have a whole lot of time to plan all of that stuff, because I have to finalize my grades for the semester.
*headdesk*
Excuse me while I cry over here.
Cheat. Ask the class "What is a myth" and make them teach you.
But you've a real problem there, it looks like the practical joke fairy got you.
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PerlaDelMar
| And then people wonder why the school system sucks sometimes. It isn't the teachers fault, they are constantly changing things.
I guess that is why it is hard to get students to pay attention and stay interested. |
Leon
| | It sucks, and you have a right to grumble, but you know as well as the rest of us teachers, it's part of the job description. At least be thankful you still have a job. I was pink slipped last year due to the massive California budget cuts and am stuck substituting until I can land something elsewhere, anywhere. |
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School Grumblings...
January 25, 2012 @ 01:53:01 pm
