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3h ago
I teach 5th grade. I was out 2 days this week for a colonoscopy, and when I came back yesterday, it was a mess.
There were stools in the middle of the floor, papers in the middle of the floor, people's stuff at another person's desk. I had them pick it all up and told them it would not look like this if I was here so it should not look like this now. In the hall on the way to and from lunch, kids were purposely stepping on each other's shoes, talking, giggling. Basically doing everything they AREN'T supposed to do.
When we got back in the room, we only had about 45 minutes to work and then we ..read more
Reddit » Teachers
3h ago
I feel like I messed up and can't get it off my mind. I'm a teacher-librarian. I was working with a kindergarten class for 30 minutes. They had just came from gym. As soon as we arrived in the library, many of them said they were thirsty. All their water bottles were in their classroom. So I said that we will walk down their as a group and get water.
After I said this, a few students ran out of the room and down to the classroom. Like, they took off full speed. I had to prevent the others from following suite and make sure they didn't just run with the few who took off.
We went down to the cl ..read more
Reddit » Teachers
3h ago
Next year I will be heading into my 4th year of teaching at a “rough” public school. There are lots of behavioral issues as well as lack of basic foundational skills, it’s bad! I teach math and I have been told by teachers in my public school “get out while you can.” I have now been offered a private school position taking about a $5k-8k salary cut. I question job security, guaranteed raises, benefits, and all of the things I will be losing if I leave public school.
Now here’s the kicker, I cannot transfer public schools until the end of next year, so if I leave and come back to the county if ..read more
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9h ago
I teach college, and a student that I’ve had in multiple classes over a few years just cheated on an exam. I’ve bought this student lunch before, I’ve helped this student make their college plan. This student has sought me out for advice so often, they’ve often helped me clean up equipment at the end of a long day. And they just cheated on an exam.
There’s no question it happened, there’s logs that I’ve seen and downloaded. Logs that would be so easy to avoid if they’d planned ahead of time, like I’m sure other students had. I’m under no illusions here, I’m sure there were other students who ..read more
Reddit » Teachers
9h ago
Hey everyone! The copy machine is down. We called Susan, and she said it won't be fixed until next week. Anyway, since it's Friday...
What were some challenges that you faced recently? Anything that irked you? Maybe a co-worker is getting on your nerve? Class caught on fire because little Billy shoved a crayon into your pencil sharpener?
Share all the vents and stories below!
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Reddit » Teachers
9h ago
We need a 'Me Too' movement for teachers and other school staff. The baseline MUST be that the entire district staff is a team. When staffers request help, they are listened to, believed, and immediately supported.
We MUST rethink school district administration. Administrators, from principals to superintendents certainly don't work harder than anyone else on campus - at least not anymore. Most don't know more than any core teacher with five years of experience - so start them at that salary step with a fat stipend. They simply have a different job - nothing more.
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Reddit » Teachers
9h ago
I raise my voice at my kids to get my point across when needed. A kid went home and told his mom I yell at the class.
The mom says she is going to report me to the credential people and get my license revoked. How likely is this?
The worst thing I have ever said to my kids is “hey, this is kindergarten behavior “. I have never “yelled” at my students.
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Reddit » Teachers
12h ago
Tomorrow is the first day of spring break for us. I've been teaching in the same room for more than a decade now and, every long break, I try to do a little something to the space to make it a place I enjoy being all day. A lot of my little improvements make it a nicer space for the students, too, but that's just an added bonus. I'm doing it all for me. I'm the one stuck in that room all day.
Over the years, I've accumulated a lot of teacher crap. My classroom has a huge built-in bookcase full of my teacher stuff, and I've added a second bookcase next to it, also now full of stuff. I've been ..read more
Reddit » Teachers
12h ago
I think about this quote from The Wire a lot these days. Ironically, despite the line basically coming across as the king of cynical comments, internalizing it has made me better at the job and better at connecting with the kids.
As we get closer to the end of another year, I hope you have the outlets that you need to make you whole. Love all of you!
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Reddit » Teachers
12h ago
Student in advisory needs help with math homework. Other student tells her to ask me for help. She says "No...he's not good at math."
I say "Excuse me?" She goes "Haha...everyone says so."
Math has always been my strong suit since I was born. I'm amazing at it. Meanwhile, I make less than $40k/yr after taxes to sit and grade tests where seventh graders are giving me four different answers to a three-digit subtraction problem and can't remember how to convert a fraction to a decimal even though this is the third year we've covered it.
Like, why the fuck do I even try?
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