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stick a fork in me

cuz i am done!!! oh yes, 5 days left with kids, but who's counting? it's been a long year for everyone i think. is it bad that i don't want to go on the field trips? i am just so done. i am looking forward to being a coffee whore and abdicating responsiblity for anyone else. i think that has been one of the harder things this year is being responsible for so much of their lives. it's not the academics, altho that's a huge part of the responsiblity. it's all the other stuff, like don't wear a low-cut, body hugging top to school cuz all the boys and too many of the men are looking. no, you don't get to go on the endoftheyear fieldtrips cuz you're flunking my class. i gotta mediate btween mom and daughter and hook them up w/ counseling services. oh yeah, here's another survey on the well being of your students. the teacher down the hall bought three kids clothes this year. look, another mental health referral based on a myspace post. oh soandso and soandso got arrested for smoking pot. and guess what? they don't care! well, they don't but i do. ok its waaay too late now. there is more to this train of thought but i can't do it now...

Published Monday, June 04, 2007 12:04 AM by mz.w

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emptynester said:

Your problems are so different from mine in first grade, but no less draining.  Is there a harder job than this (emotionally, I mean)?  We sure do need this summer rest.

June 4, 2007 12:23 PM
 

Mystery Teacher said:

I am with you!  I refused 4 students a field trip because of behavior and lack of school work.  Parents just didn't understand it.  I retained 3 students and 2 of them are going to HOME SCHOOL!!!  They have no idea what they are getting into.  Those kids will be back in no time and even further behind than ever.  Why do they think home schooling is a solution to failing.  Usually kids fail because parents are not there for them.  Not my problem!

Parents who make the home schooling decision with care and thought are the successful parents anyway.  Personally?  I would never homeschool.  I loved my kids but they don't react the same way to me as they do to their teacher.

Congratulations on being DONE!!

June 4, 2007 2:12 PM

About mz.w

i teach 7th and 8th grade langauge arts and social studies. i'm going into year 3 of teaching social studies and year two of teaching language arts on my own. i have a single subject credential in social science. my goal is ditch language arts entirely. i love teaching! ah-ha moments are the best!!!