That's great to hear, brenda!
18 seniors! So there are just 4 teachers in the high school or something? My grammar school class was three times that.
Don't you just love this party? Everything's so fancy, and there's some kind of hot cheese over there.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 31, 2023 10:31:17 am PDT #22472 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Laura - May 31, 2023 11:05:48 am PDT #22473 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
The school is K-12 so the teachers have to teach multiple levels. As in the Spanish teacher may have 5-6 classes. They have a hard time getting teachers for that reason.
Jesse - May 31, 2023 11:06:47 am PDT #22474 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, that is wild to me.
Toddson - May 31, 2023 11:10:51 am PDT #22475 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Things may change - with all the pressure teachers are under, I would think teaching five or six classes - small classes, I'd guess - they might look on it as a relief.
DebetEsse - May 31, 2023 11:38:15 am PDT #22476 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But 5 or 6 different classes, so you have to prep that many lesson plans rather than being able to re-use, is rough.
Laura - May 31, 2023 11:43:18 am PDT #22477 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Let's just say that the students don't have any trouble making the sports teams! They do have to work around practice schedules since the same kids are in all the sports (no football, but skiing). I looked at the website and they list 39 teachers, so 3 teachers per class level. 257 students pre-k to 12, or less than 7 students per teacher total. They work it out. As I say, not like my school years but the graduates seem to like it. My nephew never dated anyone he went to school with because he observed that it meant having to spend a whole lot of time with your ex if it didn't work out.
Laura - May 31, 2023 11:49:05 am PDT #22478 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
But 5 or 6 different classes, so you have to prep that many lesson plans rather than being able to re-use, is rough.
Exactly. The excessive number of lesson plans is what made my niece-in-law decide not to teach there. She would have been the only Spanish teacher for the whole school. So she drives quite a distance to another district. This resulted in my great nephew not going to the school his dad went to, which annoys my sister despite my explaining repeatedly that the kid has to go to the same school as his teaching parent. He misses out on going to the local school, but he is in a bigger school with more programs and options. Also, having the same vacation schedule as mom, which pretty essential.
Cass - May 31, 2023 12:52:47 pm PDT #22479 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I know this could all change at any moment but I’m so grateful and amazed. It’s so much more than I expected.
That is really wonderful to hear! I've been thinking about you both.
Calli - May 31, 2023 2:33:05 pm PDT #22480 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m glad Mozzie is doing well.
Trudy Booth - May 31, 2023 2:41:28 pm PDT #22481 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Party ON, Mozzie!