tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post3153651166134960443..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Be Honest Pissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-77115189546171747632012-10-05T20:08:20.965-04:002012-10-05T20:08:20.965-04:00Last year I had a self contained class of seniors....Last year I had a self contained class of seniors. Many of them were one or two RCTs away from graduating with a local diploma if they could pass them along with the credits they were taking senior year. I had a student who just couldn't make it to second period. I was distributing some papers in regard to tutoring one period and again he was not their in my class. I knew where he would be two periods later but I had a class. I thought quickly got a teacher to cover it and ran as quickly as I could to where I knew he would be. I was literally sweating to get him this piece of paper. He saw that I cared. He literally started crying (this is a true story). His attendance although not perfect thereafter greatly improved. He eventually passed the writing RCT. But see - where is the "VALUE ADDED" in thinking quickly and asking a techer in my dept to do me a favor and watch my class as I start running to give this student a paper? THERE IS NONE! Teachers do this kind of thing everyday yet in the eyes of deformers don't mean a thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com