Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
VA Public Schools other than FCPS
Reply to "Outdoor lab - safety "
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely not a favorite thing to do anymore. [/quote] It’s not a favorite for lots of kids. The proponents are just very vocal that every kid loves it. They don’t. Two of my kids hated it and they went a decade ago. No dog in this fight but it’s really not a life changing experience for the majority [/quote] And I hear many teachers don't love it either (which I completely understand, they have to stay overnight and I sincerely doubt they get anything extra for doing so). I hear people talk about all the life long memories. I went on an overnight school field trip in 5th grade (different state) and I remember NONE of it. Heck, I went on one in 8th grade and only remember bits and pieces of that one. [/quote] I can't believe APS expects teachers to chaperone an overnight field trip without paying them for it. If I was a teacher, I would just refuse. They all should. This is not right. [/quote] Teaching is full of unwritten expectations like this. Our school system exists thanks to the good will of teachers doing lots of work for free. That, and the threat of retribution from administrators. You can certainly decline an unpaid overnight field trip opportunity, but if you have a bully principal, that’s a great way to get something unpleasant in return.[/quote] Wow - the tone deafness of this sort of comment blows my mind. My employer expects be to travel to locations all over the country, taking time away from my family, starting my day with 6 am breakfast meetings, working all day, and then having dinner meetings that go until 11pm. I do this several times a month and am not paid extra. Most of my colleagues and I clock 45-50 hours a week (when not traveling) year round. Most professionals do "lots of work for free". And yes there would be "retribution" from my leadership in the form of being fired if I refused to do a part of my job. I really cannot get worked up over teachers having to do a single overnight once per year.[/quote] Teachers work on contract hours and you probably don't. Also guessing you are paid quite a bit more than teachers. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics