I teach in a school with a huge ESOL population and many students speak Spanish when talking amongst themselves. Saying "English only" is not only...
No. I just had an administrator say this 2 weeks ago and it is the general consensus. That being said, many teachers in my district do not send...
Baltimore City PS is currently facing a $135 million deficit that has been years in the making. After the state and city refused to help last...
Maybe you have answered this before: you seem to be uncertain about your position for next year but you are acting as if you know you will be...
I teach HS and most of the things that I overhear that amuse me are sex related. My first period is Juniors and pretty much all of them are boys...
Every kid in my district gets free lunch regardless of their income since the vast majority qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch and this makes the...
Here, it is a show of respect if Admin will let you resign instead of non-renewing you because the burden to justify the non-renewal is...
Are you tenured? Here, Admin cannot non-renew a tenured teacher; so, to get rid of teachers they don't want (for whatever reason), they try to get...
I agree about the name change. I know many of my gay students do not like the term "queer" and would steer clear of the group even if it was...
Here, you cannot have an IEP meeting without the student being present (unless you can document they have chronic attendance issues). Students are...
My students spit in the trash can all the time ... I don't even say anything anymore because they are going to do it anyway.
I hate when students are loud for no reason. Just loud to be loud. I've been told countless times that the student population I teach is just...
My commute is an hour, but I could shave 10 to 15 minutes off if I didn't avoid the tolls on I-95. With an EZ Pass, the toll is $3 each way, $6 a...
I teach two Freshman classes with a Junior in one of them and she and I share looks and eye rolls all the time. I often apologize to her for...
I am so dang on tired of hearing this one, especially because Admin KNOWS many of our parents are not involved or they cannot actually get their...
I chalk moody, whiny and sarcastic behavior up to teenagers being teenagers. I might roll my eyes or make a joke, but I just keep it moving....
This. When I get to the point where I feel like I hate a student; I try to just have the bare minimum contact/interaction with them - nothing...
I teach high school in Baltimore and the kids call it "dragging." We (the staff) joke that some of these kids deserve a check for being Hall...
6:45 ... Leave home 7:45 ... Get to work 8:00 - 9:30 ... Homeroom & Period 1 9:30 - 10:40 ... Period 2 10:40 - 11:50 ... Plan, but we meet 2 to 3...
Yes. Until this year, I have always had at least one period/class I hated. This year, I just hate my job entirely.
