tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567102860935273920.post4081402425406821900..comments2024-01-01T15:42:36.089-08:00Comments on scratching on paper: The School ThingBetsy Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10178789985223139131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567102860935273920.post-42941250388396159602010-05-03T16:38:25.649-07:002010-05-03T16:38:25.649-07:00Next year will be my 20th year as a teacher. Lucki...Next year will be my 20th year as a teacher. Luckily, I can think back to a time when the profession was very different from what it has become now. Some of these new(er) teachers never got to experience teaching as it once was. Maybe that's a good thing, to not know what you're missing. I greatly miss the days though when we could spend an hour or two painting dinosaur shirts and turning the classroom into a "Jurrasic Park", and eating "homemade Dino crunch" snacks with the kids while journaling about our experiences as a flesh eating dinosaur! My former students, and their parents, STILL reminisce about that. All we can do is continue to do what we know is best for kids, to press on in the face of change, and hope that in spite of all the challenges, we can make a difference and make real, human connections with children!T. Trauschkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567102860935273920.post-44063975589029833092010-04-28T16:58:00.495-07:002010-04-28T16:58:00.495-07:00dear flyte44,
in my early days of teaching, a vete...dear flyte44,<br />in my early days of teaching, a veteran teacher made me a sign with a capital P inside a circle with a line through it. she said i had too much of an open door policy with my students' parents. i scoffed at her, but over the years grew to understand after having some very weird experiences with over-zealous parents. so...talking to teachers these days, things have gotten, well, stranger. i get it. thanks for writing.Betsy Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10178789985223139131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567102860935273920.post-48028343355365108192010-04-28T12:45:36.585-07:002010-04-28T12:45:36.585-07:00Dear Ms. Jackson,
My son, Billy, asked to go to t...Dear Ms. Jackson,<br /><br />My son, Billy, asked to go to the nurse and you said NO. I will have you know that he is a very sensitive boy and your comment hurt his morale as much as his elbow.<br /><br />I would hope that if any student needed to use the nurse in the future you will think twice and about the pain they are in. Just being a substitute I am sure you did not know the rules of the school you were at. I was assured by the principal that you will allow Billy to go to the nurse when he needs to.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Billy's Mother<br /><br /><br />THAT is what teachers have to deal with.flyte44https://www.blogger.com/profile/13454528076449291375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567102860935273920.post-958865541693362582010-04-28T12:44:44.833-07:002010-04-28T12:44:44.833-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.flyte44https://www.blogger.com/profile/13454528076449291375noreply@blogger.com