My wife has a blog, my sisters, and even my mother. I hear about all that they say and the world they live in. It is something akin to keeping a journal but with feed back. I am a first year teacher, just graduated. My expectations are high, for myself and my students. It took me a while to land my job. I moved with my wife (just married in July) to a area, and found out that they had laid off almost 200 teachers. I applied to every school, even if they did not have my area open. I teach Social Studies. I was able to get 4 intervies in the area, but no luck.
I managed to land a job as a shift manager at a local buisness and then miracles of miracles, I got a call back. I was number two in the list, so when a position opened up, I was the only one called and asked if I was stilll interested. I was called on a tuesday, the next Monday filled out my paperwork, and was in the class observing on Wednesday. I was riding high.
What I found at the school made me excited, but disapointed as well. I am not going to name any names, student or facility, but as a decendent of teachers, (from both sides of my family) I have very high standards. What I saw was students that as seniors, could not comprehend writing a five paragraph essay, much less a one paragrpah essay (in under 45 min.) or create a power point more than 8 slides long. The students ate, drank soda, and listened to music and constantly had their cell phones out. I have tightened down the rules, and will continue to hold the students up to a higher level. They are seniors. I have been teaching for two weeks, and will fill in some stories and truth as it occurs.
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