Are you one of those people who think teachers are overpaid union thugs that are just lazy and work like 2 months out of the year? If so haha you are on the wrong blog and get thee to a Pajamas Media or a National Review Online ASAP. If you're down with teachers, hang out with us and watch this terrible video that shows what teachers have to endure under the guise of "professional development."
We have those team building exercises regularly in the corporate world. Fortunately, as a technician putting on the event rather than an attendee, I get to sit backstage and laugh my ass off at the idiocy. Here's a bag of marshmallows, a couple drinking straws, a box of Christmas light bulbs, a Sharpie and the 12v battery out of a 72 Chevy- have your team build something that represents the core mission statement of your department.
We just had a PD session with some shill from Microsoft telling us all sorts of wonderful things to do in the classroom with our new tablets- from a woman who had never taught in a classroom. We snickered.
And I thought the death-by-powerpoint corporate offsite they dragged me to last week was torture. At least we had adult-sized chairs. And later, alcohol.
Wow, just awful. My dad too had lots of run-in's with lack of teaching resources and incompetent and petty school administrators, but to have to deal with that while also battling cancer? I can't imagine how stressful that must have been. I hope your husband is getting better.
I haz a sad, because my dad was a teacher, and very devoted to the mission of teaching the young un's, but this kind of stupid crap put him off teaching forever. It's like the system is forcing out the dedicated/bright ones for robots.
We have those team building exercises regularly in the corporate world. Fortunately, as a technician putting on the event rather than an attendee, I get to sit backstage and laugh my ass off at the idiocy. Here's a bag of marshmallows, a couple drinking straws, a box of Christmas light bulbs, a Sharpie and the 12v battery out of a 72 Chevy- have your team build something that represents the core mission statement of your department.
True story- with the exception of the car battery I have seen all of those things make their way into a ballroom for a breakout session
Corporal punishment is people too?
<i>WHAT DID YOU SAY?</i>
<i>that is not how grown people need to learn things and it is humiliating and infantilizing and a huge waste of time and money</i>
It&#039;s not a good way for kids to learn either.
I hate PD days. I would much rather be in class with my students than sit through a day of that bullshit.
God no. PD means bullshit spewing out of firehoses and covering us all an inch deep. It is insane torment.
We just had a PD session with some shill from Microsoft telling us all sorts of wonderful things to do in the classroom with our new tablets- from a woman who had never taught in a classroom. We snickered.
And I thought the death-by-powerpoint corporate offsite they dragged me to last week was torture. At least we had adult-sized chairs. And later, alcohol.
This explains why the US is ninety-eleventh in the world in science and math education, behind Angola.
Wow, just awful. My dad too had lots of run-in&#039;s with lack of teaching resources and incompetent and petty school administrators, but to have to deal with that while also battling cancer? I can&#039;t imagine how stressful that must have been. I hope your husband is getting better.
I hope that guy brought enough diet pepsi for the whole class.
I haz a sad, because my dad was a teacher, and very devoted to the mission of teaching the young un&#039;s, but this kind of stupid crap put him off teaching forever. It&#039;s like the system is forcing out the dedicated/bright ones for robots.
Sister Mary Elephant, yes!
To be read in the voice of Paul Lynde or Roger the alien for you people not familiar with historical TeVee.
&ldquo;Oh, that&rsquo;s not right.&rdquo;
Shmucks...