Wow, I read a post yesterday about the daughter of a friend who is in her first year of kindergarten and bow much she loves school and learning and how great her teacher is, etc.
And I commented to her that she's lucky she has that, and beware of the teachers (and there are many) that will attempt to crush that enthusiasm.
Yours was 4th grade. Mine was my 3rd grade science teacher, who was my 4th grade math teacher, my 5th grade "everything but art" teacher, and my 6th grade math and science teacher. (ALL THE SAME HORRIBLE MAN)
I literally could not escape him for FOUR YEARS, and my mom tried the best she could, but my dad refused to let me change schools (I was also regularly beat up and/or tortured by the other kids - gotta love private school), and so by the time I hit 7th grade (junior high) at my first public school (major culture shock), I was pretty much worthless as a student.
And I'm not over it either. So *hugs* and part of me really wishes you HAD knocked her to the ground today.
Wow, I read a post yesterday about the daughter of a friend who is in her first year of kindergarten and bow much she loves school and learning and how great her teacher is, etc.
And I commented to her that she's lucky she has that, and beware of the teachers (and there are many) that will attempt to crush that enthusiasm.
::nods:: One hopes that those will be in the minority...but really, all it takes is one. Two or three, tops.
Yours was 4th grade. Mine was my 3rd grade science teacher, who was my 4th grade math teacher, my 5th grade "everything but art" teacher, and my 6th grade math and science teacher. (ALL THE SAME HORRIBLE MAN)OMG. What the hell? First of all...I mean, even if a teacher is a great one, must it not be disorientating to them to have to switch between science, math, general, and back again? How can they do their best when everything keeps changing on them? And, seriously, kids do well with different stimulation, I realize that stability MIGHT be nice in some ways, but really, having to adjust to a new
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It was a small private school, so from 3-6 grade, the teachers would just rotate rooms for certain classes. Mr. Wright (yes, REALLY) was the math and science guy, and I had him a lot
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In 6th grade, my family took me out of school a couple of times for vacations, and that meant I got stuck in his classroom for recess and lunch doing homework, which made me even MORE of a target for my peers than I already was.
That is so re-goddamn-diculous. I'm sorry.
He's the kind of teacher who uses embarrassment punishment. If you forgot to put your chair up on your desk after class, you spent a recess putting your chair up and down. He would stick your nose into a chalk dot on the blackboard, or make you write hundreds of sentences on the board, etc.
The first one I can sort of see, although I disagree. The last one isn't terrible, it's a time-honored tradition. But why on God's green earth would you have to stick your nose into a chalk dot? If someone did that to my kid (unless it was an exact punishment, because my kid had done it to some other kid) I'd be furious.
Once I sneezed in line and he decided I was faking it to be disruptive so I had to spend a whole recess sneezing and coughing. It was humiliating but at
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RE: the SAT's - I would have aced them I'm sure. I'm an awesome test taker, and I have a genius IQ. (And so modest) I didn't take them because even with awesome scores, my GPA was way too low to go straight to a 4-year college, so I decided the test wasn't worth it.
My college GPA is 3.94 at my first college, 4.0 at my second one. In 2007 I got accepted to UTEP as a transfer student, but couldn't afford to move there.
Now I am just waiting for residency here so I can start school again.
I actually want to BE a teacher someday, believe it or not.
RE: the SAT's - I would have aced them I'm sure. I'm an awesome test taker, and I have a genius IQ. (And so modest)
You know, one of the bright points of my high school career was my guidance counselor, who was also one of my close friend's fathers. I tried to demure about getting a good score on the SAT (which I did, for that school, anyway), and he kind of stopped me flat and told me, "There's modesty, and then there's lying. Don't ever feel you need to lie in order to be modest." It really made me think. You have a genius IQ, so admitting it is not immodest. <3
My college GPA is 3.94 at my first college, 4.0 at my second one.
Wow. Good job!
Now I am just waiting for residency here so I can start school again.
Good luck!
I actually want to BE a teacher someday, believe it or not.
I believe it. If nothing else, maybe you're correcting an imbalance in the universe? Or even if you don't believe that hippie-dippy shit, at the very least you're ensuring another child won't have to go through what you did.
For a long time I wanted to be a teacher straight out of college. Now that I'm so far in my current field, I'm thinking law school, which will delay the teaching a bit longer.
And then of course, there's that whole pro bowling thing I'm working on
For a long time I wanted to be a teacher straight out of college. Now that I'm so far in my current field, I'm thinking law school, which will delay the teaching a bit longer.
Wow. That would definitely bring in the mad moneyz, though.
And then of course, there's that whole pro bowling thing I'm working on
I vote for that. =D Being a pro bowler is SO much cooler than being a lawyer!
well, I'm actually trying to work it out so I do both. I want to do contracts law, and there's no reason why I shouldn't be able to write / edit / review / approve documents while on the road with my bowling ball.
And I commented to her that she's lucky she has that, and beware of the teachers (and there are many) that will attempt to crush that enthusiasm.
Yours was 4th grade. Mine was my 3rd grade science teacher, who was my 4th grade math teacher, my 5th grade "everything but art" teacher, and my 6th grade math and science teacher. (ALL THE SAME HORRIBLE MAN)
I literally could not escape him for FOUR YEARS, and my mom tried the best she could, but my dad refused to let me change schools (I was also regularly beat up and/or tortured by the other kids - gotta love private school), and so by the time I hit 7th grade (junior high) at my first public school (major culture shock), I was pretty much worthless as a student.
And I'm not over it either. So *hugs* and part of me really wishes you HAD knocked her to the ground today.
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And I commented to her that she's lucky she has that, and beware of the teachers (and there are many) that will attempt to crush that enthusiasm.
::nods:: One hopes that those will be in the minority...but really, all it takes is one. Two or three, tops.
Yours was 4th grade. Mine was my 3rd grade science teacher, who was my 4th grade math teacher, my 5th grade "everything but art" teacher, and my 6th grade math and science teacher. (ALL THE SAME HORRIBLE MAN)OMG. What the hell? First of all...I mean, even if a teacher is a great one, must it not be disorientating to them to have to switch between science, math, general, and back again? How can they do their best when everything keeps changing on them? And, seriously, kids do well with different stimulation, I realize that stability MIGHT be nice in some ways, but really, having to adjust to a new ( ... )
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That is so re-goddamn-diculous. I'm sorry.
He's the kind of teacher who uses embarrassment punishment. If you forgot to put your chair up on your desk after class, you spent a recess putting your chair up and down. He would stick your nose into a chalk dot on the blackboard, or make you write hundreds of sentences on the board, etc.
The first one I can sort of see, although I disagree. The last one isn't terrible, it's a time-honored tradition. But why on God's green earth would you have to stick your nose into a chalk dot? If someone did that to my kid (unless it was an exact punishment, because my kid had done it to some other kid) I'd be furious.
Once I sneezed in line and he decided I was faking it to be disruptive so I had to spend a whole recess sneezing and coughing. It was humiliating but at ( ... )
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My college GPA is 3.94 at my first college, 4.0 at my second one. In 2007 I got accepted to UTEP as a transfer student, but couldn't afford to move there.
Now I am just waiting for residency here so I can start school again.
I actually want to BE a teacher someday, believe it or not.
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You know, one of the bright points of my high school career was my guidance counselor, who was also one of my close friend's fathers. I tried to demure about getting a good score on the SAT (which I did, for that school, anyway), and he kind of stopped me flat and told me, "There's modesty, and then there's lying. Don't ever feel you need to lie in order to be modest." It really made me think. You have a genius IQ, so admitting it is not immodest. <3
My college GPA is 3.94 at my first college, 4.0 at my second one.
Wow. Good job!
Now I am just waiting for residency here so I can start school again.
Good luck!
I actually want to BE a teacher someday, believe it or not.
I believe it. If nothing else, maybe you're correcting an imbalance in the universe? Or even if you don't believe that hippie-dippy shit, at the very least you're ensuring another child won't have to go through what you did.
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And then of course, there's that whole pro bowling thing I'm working on
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Wow. That would definitely bring in the mad moneyz, though.
And then of course, there's that whole pro bowling thing I'm working on
I vote for that. =D Being a pro bowler is SO much cooler than being a lawyer!
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