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#46 |
Bono & Grbac wasn't enough
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sioux City, IA
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Where did your fascination with weather come from?
Mine came from a tornado that hit our electric company's coal station. I was home alone that day watching TV with the weather updates. The sky was that sinister green, and hay was falling in our yard on the Westside of town. https://siouxcityjournal.com/blogs/s...507290b55.html |
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#47 |
Supporter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Who knows?
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Are you willing to teach at a small school of 100 or less students?
I have yet to hear much less witness some of the stories you or other large school teachers have told me. Our little school has issues, but nothing like the big schools. |
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#48 |
SuperChiefs
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Florida
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Do you teach real life problem solving like, oh let's say, checking the water supply line on your dishwasher before replacing the old dishwasher twice?
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#49 |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
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Why does it seem like every time you talk about teaching you seem to loath and hate the kids you teach? Students can tell when a teacher enjoys teaching and it affects their desire to engage with you.
The best teachers i ever had LOVED teaching. They were passionate about what they taught and it was contagious to their students. The worst were the grumpy curmudgeons who acted like every kid was a burden and didn't want to be there. Ive been wanting to ask that for years but never felt like having any static with you. But this is an AMA thread so.... |
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#50 |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: PooPooKaKaPeePeeShire
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#51 | |
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Join Date: May 2019
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#52 | |
Needs more middle fingers
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego
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I've had teachers who loved their job. Ive had teachers who hated their job. Generally speaking, the teachers who didnt seem like they wanted to be there got very little respect or results from their kids. W/e, i'm not trying to be disrespectful. Maybe you only come here to vent, Displaced. Just stating my limited observations and experience. |
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#53 | |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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#54 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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I had very little issues when I taught in Iowa. Just a different vibe. Big schools and cities along with open enrollment and busing allow parents to become detached from their students. A lot of parents talk a big game......
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#55 | |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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I talk about being a decent person, deadlines, how real life is different than school. How most of them will work in the summer and not sit at home. |
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#56 | |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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I love the subject and care about what they learn and how it relates to them. I take my job very seriously. They know that. They also know that if they do stupid things, I get after them. Like I said, I treat them like I treated my own kids. It seems to work. Good and bad days. Most of the kids are great. We usually talk about 5% that are issues. But there are so many issues. Apathy, meanness, refusal to work, moodiness. It is really getting worse. Crazy worse. The ones I see later are the good ones. The bad ones seem to vaporize. It is human nature to go to the bad. We have to be reminded about the good. I also try hard to go home and close the door to the bad. I have other things I have to do at home. Like my kids and issues. The teachers that "bring kids issues" home with them get eaten alive. |
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#57 |
Mod Team
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Valley of the hot as ****
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What careers would you recommend to the youth you currently teach?
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#58 | |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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In a job-a boss tells adults what to do. Most of the time they do it. Some well, others not. In teaching-I can just let them go on their own. Even with independent work, kids still have the attention span of sperm. I have to be on them all the time. It is exhausting. We can't let kids leave and go to the bathroom. They ask. I know when every kid poops or has a period. Most cannot be trusted to get up, leave and come back without knowing what is happening. I am in charge of 35 people that turn over every 85 minutes. If I take a phone call more than 20 seconds, it can take 3 minutes for them to get attention back to class. We have school procedures that are supposed to be followed. Some adults don't. It makes us hard when we should be unified. |
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#59 |
It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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Detox-sometimes it is the adults that are the issue. Not the students.
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It was not a fair catch
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Correcting papers
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I am all for mechanics, HVAC, welders, etc. We need them. There are not enough of them. Later, if they want to move up or go on their own, then get the business degree. Anything medical-PT, therapy But art history, philosophy, social studies are all worthless unless you can teach at a college. |
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