The rantings of a teacher who retired from the classroom but not from education.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Who Cares?
My AP put out a notice telling us how good our kids did on the regents. (not a hard task, since this regents is made so anyone can pass). The thing that bothers me is that he made a big point out of the fact that school A beat our statistics. We usually beat them. Shouldn't he be smart enough to realize that the teachers don't care! We are not in a competition. We have nothing to gain by having the best or for that matter, nothing to lose for having the worst statistics. We all work hard because we want the kids to succeed! We teachers receive no awards for being the best. Our only rewards are in the satisfaction we get from helping our students. There is no "Super Bowl" or "World Series" regents exams. And I am not going toget a trip to Disney World when it is all over even if we come in first.
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2 comments:
Although we won't get a trip to Disney World or a Super Bowl ring, I sure wouldn't mind some groupies.
You know, teach a great lesson, have a cheering crowd outside your door, women asking you to sign body parts and throwing hotel keys at you.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
And the standing ovation from the kids at the end of the lesson is great too!
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