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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's nice that you put in all that extra effort. To OP's point however, some kids are just assholes [/quote]

Thank you.  But, you need to know that that school year convinced me that I could not teach for the rest of my working career.  You cannot imagine how exhausting it is--physically and emotionally.

FWIW, for those of you who are pushing merit pay--I would be for that, too--BUT there are too many variables.  For examples, most principals think the best teachers are the ones who don't tell them their problems in classes.  Good principals know that they need to know what is happening, but most would prefer not to hear about it.

I remember one year many years ago when our AP wanted to observe a science class.  I was teaching first grade.  I always tried to have a "hands on" science unit going in my class and chose to do this while he observed.  It was a little chaotic.  My colleague (and good friend) also taught first grade.  She chose to read a storybook about a trip to the dentist.  It was basically storytime.  The AP raved about her talents in our team meeting.  This was because she had the kids eating out of her hands while she read them a story.  She was a good teacher, but this was NOT a science lesson.  However, she impressed the AP with her kids listening to a story.  FWIW, most kids enjoy storytime.  That principal would have chosen her as the best teacher.  And, as I said, she was a good teacher.  However, he had no clue what went on in the classroom.

Here's another factor-let's suppose that we do have merit pay.  It will be very difficult for some teachers if others are making more--just because the principal likes them better.  And, that does happen.  Parents will find out and then you will have chaos to see who can get in the "best teacher's" class.  Too many variables.

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