Is that a Turkey...A Duck... or a Chicken!
Should I start by giving my thanks to the Pilgrims who started this edible tradition of Thanksgiving in 1621. With modern life moving faster than ever, Thanksgiving gives us a day to take a collective breathe and reconnect with loved one and reminds us how much to be thankful for...
Hmm.. okay back to reality...What a train wreck November has been for me. Between being mentally mauled and sodomized by my supervisor and then having a similiar encounter with life over the weekend...
My troubles began on Tuesday, I should have realized adding color into my wardrobe would be my downfall. I got observed by my supervisor. Seems that the students had written it on their calendar's since every student and their extended cousin, whom I had not seen in eons, decided to show up and ruffle their plumage to demonstrate how defiant they were to authority. Great! What happended to my angels?After surviving those 53 minutes without calling for a transportable oxygen tank to assist me throughout the rest of the day, I got called into a PPT on a student, last minute. A PPT is basically a "check-up for our Special Education students." The student had come with a lawyer. The same lawyer who had just finished writing a piece in the local paper defaming our school. Great. Usually teachers play a very passive role in these meetings but I was hurled into the forefront of battle. Where was Asland when you needed him?
The next day my boss wanted to see me. Sigh. Bang head against wall until numb. I came out unscathed for the most part but my ego was very badly bruised. Like I said earlier, I was subjected to bestiality.
I understand why he acted the way he did now, because he is under pressure from the recent educational reforms, which have been shaking up Washington, D.C. The emphasis on “teaching to the test” erodes the importance of subjects and has undercut a broader education in exchange for a focus on rote problem solving and correct sentence structure. We need broad-based reform that focuses on student motivation and improving the conditions that lead to low achievement.
Onto Thanksgiving news: At work this week, a fellow co-worker of mine was discussing Turducken. Besides the fact that I thought they were senile, I was intrigued by this grotesque over-consumption of meat. Apparently the European origins of the turducken: a chicken inside a duck, inside a turkey, with dressings has found solace in southern American tradition. It's said to weigh 16lbs once it's fully "prepped."
Thank goodness for half-days at school. That's why I love teaching, because of the holidays and summer breaks that we get. Since returning from India, my classroom is finally back to the level of efficiency it was running at before I left my students. I definitely lost valuable teaching time, but I gained my sanity back with the break abroad.
Hmm.. okay back to reality...What a train wreck November has been for me. Between being mentally mauled and sodomized by my supervisor and then having a similiar encounter with life over the weekend...
My troubles began on Tuesday, I should have realized adding color into my wardrobe would be my downfall. I got observed by my supervisor. Seems that the students had written it on their calendar's since every student and their extended cousin, whom I had not seen in eons, decided to show up and ruffle their plumage to demonstrate how defiant they were to authority. Great! What happended to my angels?After surviving those 53 minutes without calling for a transportable oxygen tank to assist me throughout the rest of the day, I got called into a PPT on a student, last minute. A PPT is basically a "check-up for our Special Education students." The student had come with a lawyer. The same lawyer who had just finished writing a piece in the local paper defaming our school. Great. Usually teachers play a very passive role in these meetings but I was hurled into the forefront of battle. Where was Asland when you needed him?
The next day my boss wanted to see me. Sigh. Bang head against wall until numb. I came out unscathed for the most part but my ego was very badly bruised. Like I said earlier, I was subjected to bestiality.
I understand why he acted the way he did now, because he is under pressure from the recent educational reforms, which have been shaking up Washington, D.C. The emphasis on “teaching to the test” erodes the importance of subjects and has undercut a broader education in exchange for a focus on rote problem solving and correct sentence structure. We need broad-based reform that focuses on student motivation and improving the conditions that lead to low achievement.
Onto Thanksgiving news: At work this week, a fellow co-worker of mine was discussing Turducken. Besides the fact that I thought they were senile, I was intrigued by this grotesque over-consumption of meat. Apparently the European origins of the turducken: a chicken inside a duck, inside a turkey, with dressings has found solace in southern American tradition. It's said to weigh 16lbs once it's fully "prepped."
Thank goodness for half-days at school. That's why I love teaching, because of the holidays and summer breaks that we get. Since returning from India, my classroom is finally back to the level of efficiency it was running at before I left my students. I definitely lost valuable teaching time, but I gained my sanity back with the break abroad.
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