Today started out GREAT. I wore my tennis shoes. I haven't tried that move yet, but when you are standing on a cement floor all day (literally, I do not sit down. I can't) for 7-8 hours, dress shoes suck. Yes, I may become that woman in a dress suit and tennis (ACKK!). They were bouncy and comfy. I felt like I was getting a work out. PLUS, I teach Spanish, and today is Día delos Muertos . I made Pan de Muerto for everyone to try. I found a decent video clip to show (youtube is blocked at school so you have be creative), and we were making papel picado, writing calaveras, and making paper marigolds. How fun! Tomorrow is parent-teacher conference day (shouldn't it be called "family conference"), so the kids were excited and upbeat (plus they had bags full of candy). (Why am I using so many parentheses?)
And then, I went to a faculty meeting. And, I will now be teaching math and maybe reading (I'm not really clear about which one). Our district and school have low math and reading scores. My school's scores are low according to standardized tests, and so the kid's class schedule will change. Now, the kids will have 7 classes in a day, and less time in their current classes. The 7th class will be an extra math and reading class for EVERY student. Every teacher in the school will get a math or reading class in addition to the other courses.
I don't like math. I hate it. I don't know how to push it. I don't know how to inspire it. I am super glad that someone loves math, and I think people who love math, like O and my dad, are both weird and impressive. I don't want to learn math games. Arggg...The more I wriggle and complain, the more I look forward to figuring out the why in life. Will I need math, reading, and geography teaching skills later in life? What will this teach me..
Maybe I should re title this blog, Scrap the system. I have so many oppositions to this from the bottom up that I want to explode. And, I did on the way home, in tears, on the interstate. I got home to my own children and family life at 6:15. It was almost dark. The children were done with dinner and in the bath. I didn't see the sunshine today or breathe fresh air. And now I'll be teaching math and reading. So much for the shoes....
More tomorrow on what I think COULD be done instead to improve test scores. What do YOU think?
And then, I went to a faculty meeting. And, I will now be teaching math and maybe reading (I'm not really clear about which one). Our district and school have low math and reading scores. My school's scores are low according to standardized tests, and so the kid's class schedule will change. Now, the kids will have 7 classes in a day, and less time in their current classes. The 7th class will be an extra math and reading class for EVERY student. Every teacher in the school will get a math or reading class in addition to the other courses.
I don't like math. I hate it. I don't know how to push it. I don't know how to inspire it. I am super glad that someone loves math, and I think people who love math, like O and my dad, are both weird and impressive. I don't want to learn math games. Arggg...The more I wriggle and complain, the more I look forward to figuring out the why in life. Will I need math, reading, and geography teaching skills later in life? What will this teach me..
Maybe I should re title this blog, Scrap the system. I have so many oppositions to this from the bottom up that I want to explode. And, I did on the way home, in tears, on the interstate. I got home to my own children and family life at 6:15. It was almost dark. The children were done with dinner and in the bath. I didn't see the sunshine today or breathe fresh air. And now I'll be teaching math and reading. So much for the shoes....
More tomorrow on what I think COULD be done instead to improve test scores. What do YOU think?
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