Hey all, been a while. I quit a while back and am looking to freeze my license. I will be moving out of the city and might be looking to get...
Well, I give zeroes, but then the admins say that I have to give makeup work to pass them. And I work in a neighborhood where most kids don't...
Hey all. I have experienced this problem in my student teaching, my first year, and now in my second year at a new school. How can I motivate...
Hey all. I am teaching Creative Writing this year, and since there is no curriculum, I'm starting to run short of ideas. Usually I present...
So I'm thinking of bribing my creative writing class with a film for exceptional behavior during my observation next week (actually I'm probably...
I'm just being lazy now (a sign that my year's going ok!) but any suggestions on a short story that has particularly good descriptions (of...
Wow! I didn't even need to go on here until late October! I'm proud of myself! After last year's shenanigans in my old school (once June came I...
A few off the top of my head that the kids liked were The Most Dangerous Game, The Necklace, The Cask of Amontillado (though the kids liked Poe in...
I'm a high school English teacher. The curriculum is primarily based on short stories, as well as a few novels and a section on poetry. After...
Back to the old grind in a week and a half. :p Last year, I predominantly taught short stories based on the curriculum (of course, there were...
She's the NTA's adopted daughter, and they have a close relationship. From what I can glean from the little I spoke to her today, she used to have...
I could deal with the crazy kids. I could deal with the apathetic administration. I could deal with the ridiculous demands of the superintendent....
If you don't know, I'm a first year teacher, anxiously awaiting my first summer break. I'm still not sure if this is for me, for a number of...
I think I agree here. My main thing is that I don't feel that I was prepared in my college courses to do this work. I really didn't know what I...
I have some of the same. While they don't throw things at me, they are far from angels in my class. They will often have loud conversations or be...
He told me he's called numerous parents, and has found no change in behavior. As far as other interventions, I'm not certain.
A teacher came up to me recently and told me this story. It's his first year at my school, and my first year in general. We've been kind of...
Basically I want any English teacher to let me know how they structure their class. I'm coming to the end of my first year (jeez louise!) and I'm...
Sometimes I think so!:p
Yeah, it's definitely not just your kids. They don't teach us these things in teacher school. :P I had to have security remove a girl who...
