I didn't, because at four years in I am still very new and I am certainly still transitioning. Many days I question my decision to take on this job and stay with it. Working with adolescents is both exhilarating and disheartening, sometimes both emotions are separated by mere milliseconds.
There is never a day when I come away feeling I did my job particularly well. Teaching writing is tough, but teaching it to 184 16-year-olds in 55-minute blocks shot full of Deans' Office summons, announcements, and more good questions from students than I can possibly answer make it impossible to teach with any focus.
Our school has now entered its third year of just missing making AYP as determined by the state in its efforts meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. As a result, we are polishing our books, printing binders full of charts, and changing the format of our lesson plans. Anyone who has worked for government agencies that are inspected by other government agencies knows exactly what all this polishing, printing, and changing is designed to do.
I just want to figure out how to better teach my students. Maybe I can't.
3 comments:
1) I like the name of your blog; 2)kudos for taking on 16 year olds; and 3)update.
Hello. Facebook takes a [url=http://www.casinogames.gd]casino[/url] move on on 888 casino furnish: Facebook is expanding its efforts to make something further real-money gaming to millions of British users after announcing a order with the online gambling steadfast 888 Holdings.And Bye.
It's really very complicated in this busy life to listen news on Television, therefore I just use web for that reason, and get the latest news.
Also visit my web site: ketone diet
Post a Comment