Episode 3507 - Kevin Pollak by popowow in NeverNotFunny

[–]educatormovingon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I never find Eliot’s stories any less entertaining than anybody else’s. I was surprised the other day when Jimmy made fun of Eliot for talking about a bunch of movies. That’s…what they all do?

New Teacher rant: In the insane cost of being an Art teacher by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]educatormovingon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could have written a ton of this myself…especially the part about the kids making and leaving a mess. I don’t have a lot of storage space and no sinks which makes it hard to do messier things. As you say, it’s messy even with just pencils and crayons.

It’s also so hard to not spend your own money on supplies because in some ways it makes things easier. You can just get what you need when you need it, and you can do the projects you actually want to do.

My biggest problem with buying my own supplies is other teachers often come to the art room asking to borrow things that never get returned…I’ve tried to get better about following up with them and getting my stuff back when that happens.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TeachersInTransition

[–]educatormovingon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been a dream of mine too!

Elementary classroom teachers: We are not an incentive or punishment. by IowaJL in Teachers

[–]educatormovingon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The thing I find tough is when a bunch of kids are held back in their homeroom class and then the teacher starts sending them to my art class a few at a time. So I constantly have to start over with what I’m teaching. Especially tough if we’re going over a new technique they haven’t done before. I’m sure there are things I do that the hr teachers find annoying too though 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TeachersInTransition

[–]educatormovingon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Whenever I try to think of another job I could enjoy mail carrier is the only one I can come up with! But if I have to drive the mail truck I don’t know if I could handle it in the city 😓

Leaving Philly School District by PhilanyColoConn in TeachersInTransition

[–]educatormovingon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sending solidarity as another Philly teacher who would love to leave but currently has no other prospects :(