man what a day

[bigjohn]

Without going into detail for privacy details (of my students, not mine), let me just say this has been a hell of a day.

 

Ups and downs... full of triumphs and tribulations, good news and bad news.  Wanted to hug a couple kids, wanted to flat out kick a couple in the face, and just scratching my head at a few others.

 

This is one of those days where I sit back and wonder "how long can I keep doing this" and in the next breath "how could I ever do anything else".

 

Being a high school teacher in a public school in NC....never a dull moment.

 

Sometimes it's a job you hate to love.

 

Not sure what my point was in posting here since I can't mention any specifics. I can't even have a couple beers to unwind because I may have to go out to a school-related event later.

 

 

[h0llywood]

Without going into detail for privacy details (of my students, not mine), let me just say this has been a hell of a day.

 

Ups and downs... full of triumphs and tribulations, good news and bad news.  Wanted to hug a couple kids, wanted to flat out kick a couple in the face, and just scratching my head at a few others.

 

This is one of those days where I sit back and wonder "how long can I keep doing this" and in the next breath "how could I ever do anything else".

 

Being a high school teacher in a public school in NC....never a dull moment.

 

Sometimes it's a job you hate to love.

 

Not sure what my point was in posting here since I can't mention any specifics. I can't even have a couple beers to unwind because I may have to go out to a school-related event later.

 

Coming from a public school system here in LA, I can appreciate the work that you do. Keep your head up and drink when you get home and kick ass tomorrow morning.

[jasonluckydog]

Mr,White is that you?  I need some meth.

[bigjohn]

It was a good day and a bad day.  A weird day. More good than bad, definitely. Overall I have GREAT students.

 

But what a roller coaster. 

 

 

[h0llywood]

Fail them all

[Brooklyn Bully]

I applaud you for doing what you do.

 

At the same time, damn ... how do you do what you do? Teens can be SO horrible.

[Rise of The Hive]

Hope it gets better.

[Mr. Scot]

Have a good friend who teaches 5th grade, and literally hates/loathes/despises her job, and probably a lot of the kids she teaches too.

 

You always imagine teachers to be altruistic, noble lovers of education.  Easy to forget they're human too. 

[PandaPancake]

What do you teach?

I tried explaining that gravity on Earth was the same on the ISS.

I take that back I got a text from a 20-year old asking me what quotient means

[Jangler]

talking about students and ups and downs in the same post is a little creepy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

good for you

[PanthaSan]

I have always said that teachers and firefighters are vastly underpaid for the job they do.

 

Keep the faith.

[Mr. Scot]

Fail them all

 

I think 'flunk them all' would have been a better way to express that

 

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Mother teaches inner city in GA. Seen it all. We're all fuged in 10 years.

[bigjohn]

Meh people have forecast the future demise of civilization for decades. Most teens are good people down deep. Gotta look through the hormones to see it.

But more often than not they up becoming productive citizens. I can't tell you how many times I've seen even kids who were complete screwups in high school later on become darn good people.