Guest guest Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 We got out May 27 too...Theatre is required as a Fine Arts credit (they also have choir, band, dance, art to choose from) We also don't have English electives... What stunk was we only got one day to work on our own in our room...the rest of the time was taken up as " school wide " things that they have told us the past three years. Not much changed and we could have gotten through it all in one and a half days. Blah. I am so dreading today too.,.yuck. I have HUGE classes and the SPED coordinator came up to me and said: " Melissa if 6th period is too much for you let me know. " I looked at my list and it's 45 kids, 20 of which are SPED and I will bet most are on BIP (Behavior improvement plans) as last year I had the same situation with that period. Anything over 20 is horrid in a theatre class too. All of my classes are over 30! Our school is supposed to cap at 2400 and we have 2554 enrolled! Scary year ahead. Much gripes to ensue... I thought about English, but as I am sure everyone has noticed I am grammar and spelling deficient. I love doing lit though. Love analysis and oral interp kinds of things. ~Mel --- J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote: > Thanks Donna! Love ya! > > Mel > yuck for you!!! When did you guys get OUT? We got > out May 27th (last teacher work day). And summer > was DEFINIATELY TOO SHORT > UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.Is theatre required or and > elective for your students? The bad thing about > teaching English is that all 4 years are mandatory. > My school has no electives in English either. > Sucks! Oh well, I am thankful to have a job that I > do like (most of the time) in times when peopel are > being laid off left and right!! > > J L > > > > Melissa Hill <assilembob wrote: > I am a high school theatre teacher and we went back > to > work last monday. We had inservice all week. The > kiddos come back tomorrow. It was too short a > summer. > > ~Mel > > > J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote: > > I live in Ohio... no one wants to visit here. It > is > > so boring. > > As for no other vegetarians around me... it seems > my > > whole life is like that. I have been the only or > > one of very few in several categories since I can > > remember. That gets old after a while. But, I > love > > all ya'll here So sweet and hopeful with all > the > > advice and recipes and such HUGS!!! > > > > Work on Friday .. I know! Isn't that a kick in > the > > gut! I teach English in high school. Every year > we > > have to come back to work 2 days before the > kiddos. > > The first day is always a bunch of crap. The same > > old speeches about how the year is going to be > > wonderful. How much the administration and > > community support teachers and all that blather. > > Then the OSHA speeches about not picking up broken > > glass oursleves and how to use gloves if a kid > pukes > > or bleeds. Then more yacking yacking yacking. > Yep, > > Friday. Tee good thing about it is that at 8PM > my > > sci-fi channel shows come on and that will make me > > happy I can sit in front of the tv with a > plate > > of chips and salsa and ice tea and veg (pun > > intended). LOL > > > > J L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Start your day with - make it your home > page > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have so many serious learning challenged children (or whatever the current term of the moment is) I have aides in 3 classes. I have 5 in my first period, 6 in my 6th period (four of which are down syndrome kids, 2 of which are wheelchair bound) and 5 in my 7th period. I couldn't understand a word this one young lady said and she talks...A lot. My 6th period is the class with 45 kids too. I am also traveling from the front to the back of the school for 3 rd and 6 th...it's a 1/2 mile one way...so I get 2 miles of walking AT LEAST everyday. I am so tired. Bed time...it's 5:45. ~Mel --- J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote: > Melissa, I feel for you, girl!!!! 45 kids! Yuck. > HAlf the time I don't want to deal with the 20-25 I > have each period. UGG. > > My school is smaller than yours. It is in a > rural/town area. They have soil judging contests > for heavens sake! And of course FFA is super strong > there. > > I do love teaching English when I have decent kids > who get it. Since it is required and so many of the > kids there are below grade level it gets to be a > pain in the butt. I mean I have to go back and > teach basic sentence structure to 9th graders!! How > pathetic is that!? It also is a pian in the butt > when I try and actually do my job and yet other > people in the department are pleased as punch to > give every kid a passing grade just for showing up > to class! I am sure you have that problem in your > building as well. UGG > > Well, it is good to know that we each are in similar > teaching boats LOL GRIPE AWAY!!! I FEEL YOU !!! > LOL > > J Lyn > > > Melissa Hill <assilembob wrote: > We got out May 27 too...Theatre is required as a > Fine > Arts credit (they also have choir, band, dance, art > to > choose from) We also don't have English electives... > What stunk was we only got one day to work on our > own > in our room...the rest of the time was taken up as > " school wide " things that they have told us the past > three years. Not much changed and we could have > gotten > through it all in one and a half days. Blah. > I am so dreading today too.,.yuck. I have HUGE > classes > and the SPED coordinator came up to me and said: > " Melissa if 6th period is too much for you let me > know. " I looked at my list and it's 45 kids, 20 of > which are SPED and I will bet most are on BIP > (Behavior improvement plans) as last year I had the > same situation with that period. Anything over 20 is > horrid in a theatre class too. All of my classes are > over 30! Our school is supposed to cap at 2400 and > we > have 2554 enrolled! Scary year ahead. Much gripes to > ensue... > > I thought about English, but as I am sure everyone > has > noticed I am grammar and spelling deficient. I > love > doing lit though. Love analysis and oral interp > kinds > of things. > > ~Mel > > --- J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote: > > > Thanks Donna! Love ya! > > > > Mel > > yuck for you!!! When did you guys get OUT? We > got > > out May 27th (last teacher work day). And summer > > was DEFINIATELY TOO SHORT > > UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.Is theatre required or > and > > elective for your students? The bad thing about > > teaching English is that all 4 years are > mandatory. > > My school has no electives in English either. > > Sucks! Oh well, I am thankful to have a job that > I > > do like (most of the time) in times when peopel > are > > being laid off left and right!! > > > > J L > > > > > > > > Melissa Hill <assilembob wrote: > > I am a high school theatre teacher and we went > back > > to > > work last monday. We had inservice all week. The > > kiddos come back tomorrow. It was too short a > > summer. > > > > ~Mel > > > > > J Lyn <poet_atrabilious wrote: > > > I live in Ohio... no one wants to visit here. > It > > is > > > so boring. > > > As for no other vegetarians around me... it > seems > > my > > > whole life is like that. I have been the only > or > > > one of very few in several categories since I > can > > > remember. That gets old after a while. But, I > > love > > > all ya'll here So sweet and hopeful with all > > the > > > advice and recipes and such HUGS!!! > > > > > > Work on Friday .. I know! Isn't that a kick in > > the > > > gut! I teach English in high school. Every > year > > we > > > have to come back to work 2 days before the > > kiddos. > > > The first day is always a bunch of crap. The > same > > > old speeches about how the year is going to be > > > wonderful. How much the administration and > > > community support teachers and all that blather. > > > > Then the OSHA speeches about not picking up > broken > > > glass oursleves and how to use gloves if a kid > > pukes > > > or bleeds. Then more yacking yacking yacking. > > Yep, > > > Friday. Tee good thing about it is that at 8PM > > my > > > sci-fi channel shows come on and that will make > me > > > happy I can sit in front of the tv with a > > plate > > > of chips and salsa and ice tea and veg (pun > > > intended). LOL > > > > > > J L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Start your day with - make it your home > > page > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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