I wish I had anything useful to add about teacher burnout, but hope that someone so clearly amazingly cool as you, Gris, continue to influence kids.
::Loves Kristin::
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Jan 19, 2007 8:44:15 am PST #1672 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
tommyrot - Jan 19, 2007 8:48:28 am PST #1673 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Great post, Kristin.
I (and two other students) made our fourth-grade teacher cry. Which sucked, as her husband was the third-grade teacher and he came and yelled at us.
Pix - Jan 19, 2007 8:50:09 am PST #1674 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
t hugs Cindy and DJ and tommyrot
Thanks. I'm so passionate about teaching, but I'm not the idealist that I was when I started. I think that's mostly a good shift, but it's disillusioning sometimes to realize how much I've changed.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2007 8:53:19 am PST #1675 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
{{Gris}} I have no good words, but everyone else does.
Cashmere - Jan 19, 2007 8:56:08 am PST #1676 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm not the idealist that I was when I started. I think that's mostly a good shift
I think it's good, too. It's got to be important for career longevity. I think of the most awesome teachers I had growing up and they were all teachers for decades. They remain very high on my list of most respected people on the planet.
A good friend of mine from high school called recently with a tale of a confrontation with a parent. She's been teaching 4th grade for about 10 years now and this guy still reduced her to tears. But she's a great teacher and I know she'll get through it because she is a strong person and has good backup in her principal.
erikaj - Jan 19, 2007 8:58:13 am PST #1677 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Sorry, Presbo, uh, Gris.(don't worry...it's a compliment.He teaches math and is a very sensitive dude, like yourself...kinda dangerous with a firearm, though. You probably haven't had that problem, right?) Sorry about No Corner Left Behind and all. Also loved "Teacher Man"...McCourt makes me laugh lots.
tiggy - Jan 19, 2007 8:58:31 am PST #1678 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
much ~ma for Gris. i felt guilty reading your post and subsequent teacher's posts and i wasn't even a bad kid. quite a bit apathetic towards some of the subjects, but i wasn't mean to teachers.
anyway. i hope the situation improves for you no matter what you decide to do.
erikaj - Jan 19, 2007 9:11:16 am PST #1679 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Today sucks, and it's barely twelve.
tiggy - Jan 19, 2007 9:14:54 am PST #1680 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
agreed, erika. my co-workers and i looked at the clock earlier and were amazed that it was only noon. time moves too slowly when you aren't having fun.
sj - Jan 19, 2007 9:16:20 am PST #1681 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The cable guy just left. He found nothing wrong, so what are the odds that my cable signal is going to go out again now that he is gone?