Teacher Teacher
Last week i had a suspicion that the teacher i was taking over from was crap. Now, i am certain of it. As a homeroom teacher he has failed to establish any recognizable order, he has no understanding of fairness, his instructions are vague and lessons lack any evidence of planning. He blames students for not having organisational skills, ignoring the fact that he does not model them himself nor make any attempt to encourage or facilitate positive, practical or co-operative behaviour amongst the students.
my problem is that he is significantly older than me and i feel like in his eyes I'm some young upstart who needs his spirit worn down. Sadly its common to meet teachers who say things like, as one teacher told me today, "the problem is they're letting the dumb kids in" and if that wasn't enough, this gem, which is so confoundingly stupid it needs its own paragraph:
"the problem is that when we stopped being a boarding school the kids would go home each night and the parents found out that they weren't learning much " Apparently, this idiot thought that the problem was not that the teaching was not effective, the problem was that the parents were finding out about it.
On the other hand, i don't believe teachers must say "i looove my job, I get up in the morning and the first thing i want to do is teach" The first thing i want to do when i get up in the morning is have a piss and check my email, maybe stare at the wall, eat some toast or a combination of all four if I've got the time. (dont do what i did after re reading that and imagine them occuring simultaneously)Teaching, if I'm honest comes about 18th on my list of preferred activities; before ironing but after reorganising my itunes. Considering how most well paid jobs require knowledge and skill in a specific field and that its unlikely that any ones going to pay me to write about staying in my pyjamas untill 4, teaching isn't so bad. And that makes me sound like I'm worn out already. I like teaching, however correcting maths tests at night and asking students not to play in the corridor during the day doesn't make me want to tap dance.
In this regard, i think the kids appreciate my honesty. They know when i roll my eyes that I'm being genuine and conversely, if i like something they said, a piece of work or an idea, the same rule applies. If we were in a battle i could be trusted. No, i wouldn't dive in front of that bullet to save their life, but when it was safe to come out I would do whatever i could to help.
In other news i am thinking of investing in a new hobby and buying a DSLR camera. Maybe its because Ive been on long bus rides a lot lately and when your looking through a window frame you tend to see amazing photos at 100 miles an hour. So far I have been unable to stop the bus, walk across six lanes of oncoming freeway traffic and take the perfect picture that i saw through the window but here's hoping spending lots of money on equipment might be the incentive i need.
Also, given that the demand for a deejay spinning his unique blend of roller boogie, funk, disco is a little thin along the ground in chiba prefecture and the nearest record shop is two hours away i think i need something new that doesn't involve the Internet.
mental!
my problem is that he is significantly older than me and i feel like in his eyes I'm some young upstart who needs his spirit worn down. Sadly its common to meet teachers who say things like, as one teacher told me today, "the problem is they're letting the dumb kids in" and if that wasn't enough, this gem, which is so confoundingly stupid it needs its own paragraph:
"the problem is that when we stopped being a boarding school the kids would go home each night and the parents found out that they weren't learning much " Apparently, this idiot thought that the problem was not that the teaching was not effective, the problem was that the parents were finding out about it.
On the other hand, i don't believe teachers must say "i looove my job, I get up in the morning and the first thing i want to do is teach" The first thing i want to do when i get up in the morning is have a piss and check my email, maybe stare at the wall, eat some toast or a combination of all four if I've got the time. (dont do what i did after re reading that and imagine them occuring simultaneously)Teaching, if I'm honest comes about 18th on my list of preferred activities; before ironing but after reorganising my itunes. Considering how most well paid jobs require knowledge and skill in a specific field and that its unlikely that any ones going to pay me to write about staying in my pyjamas untill 4, teaching isn't so bad. And that makes me sound like I'm worn out already. I like teaching, however correcting maths tests at night and asking students not to play in the corridor during the day doesn't make me want to tap dance.
In this regard, i think the kids appreciate my honesty. They know when i roll my eyes that I'm being genuine and conversely, if i like something they said, a piece of work or an idea, the same rule applies. If we were in a battle i could be trusted. No, i wouldn't dive in front of that bullet to save their life, but when it was safe to come out I would do whatever i could to help.
In other news i am thinking of investing in a new hobby and buying a DSLR camera. Maybe its because Ive been on long bus rides a lot lately and when your looking through a window frame you tend to see amazing photos at 100 miles an hour. So far I have been unable to stop the bus, walk across six lanes of oncoming freeway traffic and take the perfect picture that i saw through the window but here's hoping spending lots of money on equipment might be the incentive i need.
Also, given that the demand for a deejay spinning his unique blend of roller boogie, funk, disco is a little thin along the ground in chiba prefecture and the nearest record shop is two hours away i think i need something new that doesn't involve the Internet.
mental!
posted by Gram at 2:16 AM
3 Comments:
I guess I'm not the only person to piss in their toaster first thing in the morning.
Your photo is an improvement.
I never actually believed that you would take a pretentious photo of yourself wearing a beanie and with a stoned look in your eyes.
You are a teacher after all.
telling kids not to play, what kind of monster have you become?
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