The most unlikely things
I think I've blogged enough about teaching and pay and all that crap
.
I think I'll write about some observations of my student work.
I tend to miss a LOT of things about students. Say for example they cut or color their hair, or have new earrings, or some shit like that. Maybe its because I don't look at the physical aspect of things.
But maaaaan do I remember reading about what they write about. You can get a lot of insight into the way they think about what they say on their journals.
Here are a lot of things I've found out:
1. A lot of them hate their dads.
2. A lot of them don't know their dads (because of many reasons but a primary one is that their dad left the family...hmmm come to think of it, it may be related to #1).
3. Some of them have already had sex.
4. Some of them are deeply religious.
5. Many of them think of death but aren't necessarily afraid of it.
6. Some students have had some truly frightening experiences (paranormal).
7. Most of them want teachers to be F A I R. Non-prejudicial and impartial.
8. Many of them confuse the work in school to be hard whereas they just don't want to do it (its hard because its work, but when forced to do it, they can do it).
9. Some students have had tragedies in their life.
10. A lot of them own 360s.
11. Some of them love music I hate (ala Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne).
12. Some of them love music I love (ala Disturbed, Nicki Minaj).
13. Many of them can't live without their mobile phones. (Well THATS a big surprise there).
14. 90% of them don't know their multiplication table.
15. A lot of them have participated in hotel sleepovers. (if my kids think they can do that, theyve got another fucking thing coming)
16. Some of them are fucking spoiled rotten.
17. Some of them have pretty much the clothes on their backs.
18. Most believe that even if GDOE were the paragon of GovGuam agencies and GovGuam schools were models of excellence in terms of facilities, it wouldn't make a difference. Shit would still be fucked up because the students themselves are fucked up.
19. They can be incredibly two-faced but at the same time, honest to a fault.
20. Some of them do know what they want out of life.
21. some of them don't know what they want for dinner.
22. Some are truly wonderful and gifted kids whose parents should be proud.
23. Many of them want to travel the world and see different places.
24. Most of them have dreams of doing something grand while some of them just want to survive till the next grade.
25. Some of them I am truly afraid of. If they were the same age as me, I would never dream of pissing them off.
And a lot more.
It just reinforces the notion that students, yes even the ones you think have the iq of an eggplant and sawdust for brains, actually do have thoughts and feelings.
Kinda like adults. They're just a bit more honest about things.
.
I think I'll write about some observations of my student work.
I tend to miss a LOT of things about students. Say for example they cut or color their hair, or have new earrings, or some shit like that. Maybe its because I don't look at the physical aspect of things.
But maaaaan do I remember reading about what they write about. You can get a lot of insight into the way they think about what they say on their journals.
Here are a lot of things I've found out:
1. A lot of them hate their dads.
2. A lot of them don't know their dads (because of many reasons but a primary one is that their dad left the family...hmmm come to think of it, it may be related to #1).
3. Some of them have already had sex.
4. Some of them are deeply religious.
5. Many of them think of death but aren't necessarily afraid of it.
6. Some students have had some truly frightening experiences (paranormal).
7. Most of them want teachers to be F A I R. Non-prejudicial and impartial.
8. Many of them confuse the work in school to be hard whereas they just don't want to do it (its hard because its work, but when forced to do it, they can do it).
9. Some students have had tragedies in their life.
10. A lot of them own 360s.
11. Some of them love music I hate (ala Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne).
12. Some of them love music I love (ala Disturbed, Nicki Minaj).
13. Many of them can't live without their mobile phones. (Well THATS a big surprise there).
14. 90% of them don't know their multiplication table.
15. A lot of them have participated in hotel sleepovers. (if my kids think they can do that, theyve got another fucking thing coming)
16. Some of them are fucking spoiled rotten.
17. Some of them have pretty much the clothes on their backs.
18. Most believe that even if GDOE were the paragon of GovGuam agencies and GovGuam schools were models of excellence in terms of facilities, it wouldn't make a difference. Shit would still be fucked up because the students themselves are fucked up.
19. They can be incredibly two-faced but at the same time, honest to a fault.
20. Some of them do know what they want out of life.
21. some of them don't know what they want for dinner.
22. Some are truly wonderful and gifted kids whose parents should be proud.
23. Many of them want to travel the world and see different places.
24. Most of them have dreams of doing something grand while some of them just want to survive till the next grade.
25. Some of them I am truly afraid of. If they were the same age as me, I would never dream of pissing them off.
And a lot more.
It just reinforces the notion that students, yes even the ones you think have the iq of an eggplant and sawdust for brains, actually do have thoughts and feelings.
Kinda like adults. They're just a bit more honest about things.