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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: kitkatz on August 11, 2008, 04:55:01 PM

Title: School
Post by: kitkatz on August 11, 2008, 04:55:01 PM: As you all know I have been back at work for a week and a half. Holy cow! The work load doubled and my aide and I are going slowly insane. If I give an assignment a period we have 91 papers to grade. My poor aide is losing her mind. The reason, our district people decided we do not have the numbers for three RSP teachers. This means the other RSP teacher and I have all of the sixth seventh and eighth graders on our case loads. I currently have 34 when I am supposed to have 28 on my caseload, in addition to teaching all of these kids. I may run off into the football field screaming one day.

My seventh graders had me last year and my clowns picked up where they left off in June. I am being mean to them because they need to know to get to work when they come in my room. The sixth graders get hollered at by me too after I have had the seventh grade class from hell Poor little guys. I almost have all of their names down now. Geez! My biggest class is 23 and I am a special ed teacher! Please pray we get this figured out and get a new RSP teacher soon on our site.
Title: Re: School
Post by: twirl on August 11, 2008, 04:59:41 PM: sounds like you teach in Conroe ISD
I've had 90 7th and 8th grade students
with 40 on a case load
they got rid of our aids and we divided up all the office paper work and ARD paper work
I know what you are enduring but oh, how I miss it
I want to go back in the classroom
OMG- collecting grades from teachers every three weeks---- that is a joy
special ed teachers should be paid more--
IEPS--- updating and following------ I could go on and on
but------- do not want to upset you
I MISS MY TEACHING JOB
FU--ING PKD
Title: Re: School
Post by: G-Ma on August 11, 2008, 05:09:08 PM: Teachers do NOT get paid enough for all they do for us. I have been on this wagon for years and I'm not even a teacher, although I wanted to be. GO teachers. Where is a pom pom???
Title: Re: School
Post by: David13 on August 11, 2008, 05:20:13 PM: I hope you get the help you need soon, kitkatz. :cuddle;

Where are they using all of those tax dollars? ???
Title: Re: School
Post by: pelagia on August 11, 2008, 05:47:21 PM: My step sister is a special ed teacher. You are angels!

:flower; :waving; :flower;

(G-ma -- does this look anything like pom poms?)
Title: Re: School
Post by: G-Ma on August 11, 2008, 05:49:45 PM: Yes, kind of do look like pom poms but I was thinking more of a little RichardMel shaking those frilly thinngies... :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
Title: Re: School
Post by: del on August 11, 2008, 06:49:48 PM: Teacher's aide??? What's that??? :sarcasm; We don't have them here. We are very lucky we we get a "student" assistant for a problem child. I taught special needs for years with no help at all. Very difficult to do. I also had 25 grade 2 students last year with no help :banghead;. Loads of correcting and trying to keep control of the class. This Sept I will have about 20 students. One of those is ADHD and opositionally defiant . No help for him in Gr. 1 but testing was done. May have a fight on my hands to get help for him this year. I also have a group of students coming to gr 2 next year who are very weak academically. A couple of them don't know the letters or numbers yet much less be ready to start reading or do grade 2 math!!
Title: Re: School
Post by: jbeany on August 11, 2008, 08:31:05 PM: Do they not hold back students anymore? When did that become taboo, anyhow?

*Hugs* to kitty - sounds like you need them!
Title: Re: School
Post by: okarol on August 12, 2008, 12:12:55 AM: Quote from: G-Ma on August 11, 2008, 05:49:45 PM
Yes, kind of do look like pom poms but I was thinking more of a little RichardMel shaking those frilly thinngies... :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Title: Re: School
Post by: G-Ma on August 12, 2008, 01:26:36 AM: cute okarol.....yeah teachers :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Title: Re: School
Post by: twirl on August 12, 2008, 08:43:05 AM: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: reminds me of the good old days----- long ago :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Title: Re: School
Post by: pelagia on August 12, 2008, 09:50:59 AM: give me a T... T :cheer:
give me an E... E :cheer:
give me an A... A :cheer:
give me a C... C :cheer:
give me an H... H :cheer:
give me an E... E :cheer:
give me a R... R :cheer:
what do you have? TEACHER :cheer:
say it again! TEACHER :cheer:
louder! TEACHER :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
:yahoo; :yahoo; :yahoo;
Title: Re: School
Post by: Bajanne on August 12, 2008, 10:09:56 AM: That was so sweet. And I accept it on behalf of teachers everywhere!
Title: Re: School
Post by: twirl on August 12, 2008, 11:47:29 PM: love that cheir

I mean cheer

if you can spell cheer

thank a teacher

you are welcome
Title: Re: School
Post by: kitkatz on August 13, 2008, 04:11:36 PM: I love that cheer, too. Thanks! :cheer:
Title: Re: School
Post by: del on August 13, 2008, 06:36:34 PM: Kitkatz when did school reopen for you?? It doesn't reopen here until Sept 2
Title: Re: School
Post by: petey on August 13, 2008, 07:19:16 PM: Here in southeastern NC (public schools), the teachers go back on Aug. 19, and the kiddies come on Aug. 25. My summer is almost over!
Title: Re: School
Post by: twirl on August 14, 2008, 02:03:52 PM: ??? :'( I want to go back to school
freakin' pkd
what did I ever do to my grandfather who passed this on
opps I better shut up
someone here will remind me I have children so I am passing the same sh9t
sorry :o
Title: Re: School
Post by: kitkatz on August 14, 2008, 08:05:07 PM: I started July 28, 2008. Lordy two weeks in already.