... it appears I haven't actually updated in a while.

[empressordinary]

I too, am sick. I have been exposed to the fourth grade cooties (some call it a cold). Donna, my mentor teacher, actually sent me to the nurse yesterday to have my temperature checked. It was 98.7. It continues to be 98.7 today, actually. I think I probably drank over 80 ounces of water yesterday because my throat was so scratchy I felt like I was

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[anonymous]

Hope you get better soon also! Not to burst your bubble, but it is an unfortunate fact of life that a substantial percentage of students (even elementary,especially 5ht graders) just don't care. Sometimes it is based on their household situations and other times - who knows. Trust me, it has been a source of frustration for me over the years. As for middle school, good luck with that. Those kids aren't even human, just raging hormones with legs and mouths. High schoolers either care and work at what is needed or frustrate those that love them and the teachers who actually aren't burnt out, but it is still their responsibility to learn what is needed so the teacher doesn't have to feel so guilty. Elementary ages it seems there is more pressure put on the teacher to entice learning.

[anonymous]

OK feeling completely stupid now! The website dropped off while I was sending the first post and when I brought it back up the post wasn't showing. Sorry!

[empressordinary]

It's a little bit different at the school I've been interning at though. It's not even a passive not caring, it's a blatent, in your face, I have no interest in what you're trying to make me interested in and I will draw on myself and when you ask me what I'm doing, I won't pretend to do my work, I will tell you I'm drawing on myself as if you couldn't tell.

I also just don't have the excited voice to work with elementary school kids.

One of my friends was encouraging me to teach history yesterday, so I'm thinking about that too.

[anonymous]

History is cool and you would be good at that for sure. Didn't they have ANY discipline at that school?

[empressordinary]

Yeah, but there's a bigger need for science and math. I feel like I'm proficient at everything and not really super awesome at any one thing. :shrugs:

Not really. It's mostly teacher's kids who are the most irritating.

[anonymous]

You're right about alot of teacher's kids. I can immediately think of four that I wanted to slap frequently. (Of course I never did, but it sure was tempting) They seemed to have the attitude that they could get away with murder because of mom working there. At least one of them did get detention though.

[empressordinary]

Yeah, one of the kids' father is head of the upper school. This is a fairly prestigious private school. His parents have made it known that they don't care about academics and want him to just "be a kid" despite the fact that he is at the end of fourth grade and still does not know his multiplication facts well enough to be passing Math.

[anonymous]

Great!! You would think teachers would have higher standards for their own children. Also private schools usually have better curriculums and stricter behavior requirements. Sounds like a lousy school to me, but it was still a good learning experience for you.