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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] REALLY? It is the same curriculum and we are so stupid we just can't manage?
IT'S NEVER THE SAME CURRICULUM. NEVER.

It's never the same kids, never the same expectations, never the same behavior, never the same supervisors, never the same day, and it is never, never the same curriculum.

Do you know what differentiation means? It means kids are in the  8th grade but they read on a second grade level and it is UP to ME to ameliorate the difference within the 8th grade curriculum. It means they have autism and are non-verbal and it is UP to ME to figure out how to teach this SAME curriculum to them and  to 25 different kids with 25 different issues.  Did I mention 25 different kids (PER CLASS) with issues and cell phones they will not put down? And huge attitudes? The wonderful, the motivated, the unmotivated, the gang-affiliated, the bullies, the bullied, the shy, the extroverted, the active, the curious, the scared, the emotionally scarred, the abused, the hungry,  the learning disabled, the oppositional, the under-achievers,  the helicoptered kids- (yeah, yours!). Each of these kids have  a myriad of ongoing documenting paperwork. 
So, because some can't  pass the tests that prove whether or not I am any good, it's UP TO ME to explain why [b]I[/b] failed- over and over again with longitudinal charts and data points as if I personally created this  societal catastrophe. (And of course to people who got out of the classroom a long time ago and  are glad of it. )

Oh, you are a lawyer and you take work home? You have a lot of paperwork? Terrific! Are you paid 50K a year? Will your highest salary be around 90K when you are in your 50s or 60s? Did you get to use the bathroom today or eat your lunch sitting in a chair?

I'm sickened by the condescending, moronic assumptions about a career many people have no idea about. Most of you would not last a day in our daily setting.

That we are stupid, low performers with an easy low level job that we can't manage in a day?? Who came up with this crap???  It does explain why you, the parent, have failed at your job. You are narcissists- but we knew that already, even those of us who went to Bowie State.

Signed,
A teacher with an undergrad degree in Economics from an Ivy, and a Masters from Loyola who knows many teachers from Bowie, from Towson, from UMD, etc., who are good and talented  enough to  teach your kid.

Shame on you, [b]elitist [/b] asses. Stay out of my classroom.[/quote]

I think the PP's point was that someone graduating from Bowie State with 2.8 GPA with a major in education or sociology would have a tough time getting a decent job except maybe teaching. [/quote]

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