tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post7662131646386170359..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Message to MichellePissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-40897087020523959772009-03-31T16:11:00.000-04:002009-03-31T16:11:00.000-04:00This is not about the children but about how the D...This is not about the children but about how the DOE listens to non-educators peddling their pet projects.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-27100723047060139282009-03-31T07:18:00.000-04:002009-03-31T07:18:00.000-04:00PO'd- don't tell anybody- but I only did the goals...PO'd- don't tell anybody- but I only did the goals once, not very well, and I never did them again. We were actually expected to spend period after period of instructional time conferencing with each child to complete the goals sheet. Of course, you know exactly what the rest of them were doing while I was conferencing-nothing.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, I haven't been called on not doing them- yet. I always wait for the other shoe to drop.....17 (really 15) more yearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136846071554141284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-18362485408059253012009-03-30T22:19:00.000-04:002009-03-30T22:19:00.000-04:00These are the things that are making me rethink wh...These are the things that are making me rethink what I am doing.<BR/><BR/>This goals thing might be my first ever letter to file. I don't think I am going to do them, I just can't bring myself to sell out that much.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-78773558805155649992009-03-30T21:50:00.000-04:002009-03-30T21:50:00.000-04:00Wait til you see what's coming next: Individual Ac...Wait til you see what's coming next: Individual Action Plans for each and every student. If you think the goals are bad, you ain't seen nothing yet.17 (really 15) more yearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05136846071554141284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-77177393940857295532009-03-30T19:39:00.000-04:002009-03-30T19:39:00.000-04:00Your Michelle sounds like my Principal Pretty: tot...Your Michelle sounds like my Principal Pretty: totally out of touch. <BR/><BR/>I love that email about the ice cream guy! I first read it in college 10 years ago; unfortunately it is now more true than ever with NCLB, RtI, etc. Someday they will listen to us. Right?institutricehttp://institutrice.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-63770882018633944002009-03-30T15:58:00.000-04:002009-03-30T15:58:00.000-04:00Too bad administrators and people like Michelle do...Too bad administrators and people like Michelle don't want to hear that. It is so much easier to blame the teacher.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-29219544110386172532009-03-30T15:56:00.000-04:002009-03-30T15:56:00.000-04:00Perfect. I once heard of a speaker who lectured a...Perfect. I once heard of a speaker who lectured a group of teachers on the importance of ALWAYS producing a perfect product. He was the CEO of an ice cream company and insisted that not one quart of ice cream would ever leave his factory short of perfection. One teacher raised her hand and asked what the company would do if the strawberries for strawberry ice cream showed up at the factory sub-par in quality? The CEO replied they would never accept them. That is the problem. We must teach every smooshed and rotten strawberry. We can't turn back the sub-par. Goals and quality control are great. But people don't fit in the mold very well.<BR/><BR/>DanielleGrammatically Delicious Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663962778288841986noreply@blogger.com