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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I for one am sick of these stupid ice breakers. The last one we did during our staff meeting where we taped a piece of paper to our back and spent time having other teachers write nice things about us on our back (and we wrote on theirs) and when the time was up we got to read what people wrote. And I had done that same one just a few years prior at a different staff meeting. Do adults at other jobs do stuff like this? I'm genuinely curious. [/quote]

Last quarter I cried at one of these.  Not loud bawling, but I had tears in my eyes and people saw it.  I was so tired and had so much work to do, and there we were, at a meeting that was an utter waste of time, yet we were required to smile and be enthusiastic for another one of these stupid time wasters.  At this meeting, we were given white coffee mugs and assigned a partner.  We had to use markers to design a mug for the other person.  I did not need another coffee mug.  I did no need to "bond" or participate in more "team building" by chatting with my partner as I designed her mug.  I just needed to go home and rest for a little while so that I could start reading and marking essays for my high school English class, not stay after school doing a craft meant to "strengthen bonds within the team."  You know what?  I was so upset after an hour of this nonsense, and so stressed, that I didn't do any grading that night.  This is NOT the only pointless meeting we had after (or before) school in that same week, and I lost three planning periods to subbing that week as well.

The person who thought up this stupid time waster is paid a lot more than I am.  And she has a "doctorate" in Education, and insists we all use the title "Dr."  (We could also get into the pointless, expensive cash cow that is the "graduate degree in Education."  As a Harvard grad with a BA in my subject, I can happily confirm that the M Ed. that was subsidized for me by the district was largely pointless, a Mickey Mouse degree of no substance, and I learned nothing of use from any of it).     [/quote]

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