Kids these days... My students are fabulous one day and well, not fabulous the next day. Today they ran from one end of the spectrum to the other, and I am a little bit at a loss about how I feel about that. If they didn't need to learn, then they wouldn't need me. I like to be needed. Why, then, am I so frustrated when they need so much more than I could ever give them?
They needed proper high school educations. At what point do I throw in the towel and say that this is beyond my help? When did being dumb and uncaring become so frigging cool? When did the people who couldn't pass Algebra become the math teachers? The same can be said of the English teachers.
I want to go to the area high schools and talk not only to the kids but also to their teachers. The teachers need to get their heads out of their asses, quit complaining about how no one gets paid enough, and invest in the future of the world by actually educating its eventual adult population.
The all-important dollar sign just seems to play too much of a part. Today I seem to think it contributes to the declining educational status of high school students. That's all I am saying about that. For now...
greetings, human!
9 years ago
2 comments:
Despite teaching a completely different subject, I can completely understand! I get frustrated with mine all of the time. I had nearly half of the class not turn in their papers today which irritated me greatly. I have also reached a point where I have to use the map on a frequent basis just to show them where the most common of countries are located. Those fucking high school teachers should be constructing my sandwiches at Subway!
Amen to the Rev's comment. I'm teaching some of those future teachers of America in my Children's Lit course now, and they are the most anti-cerebral bunch I've ever encountered. God help the children who come through their classrooms.
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