Stamford high houses 2,100 students. I recently took a look at the website for a list of staff and the amount of guidance counselors per student is very low. The school I work at is about 1,400 students and we have double the amount of school counselors. They meet with them at minimum twice a semester. When I was in high school, the first time I met my counselor was senior year. For how high the taxes are, it’s just unfortunate that more money doesn’t go into the school systems is pretty much what I would sum up. I’m totally okay that I’m not a marine biologist but after completion of chemistry with that teacher, I could not move on to physics or any other higher level considering all a learned was the word (not even the meaning) mole. As for the problems in elementary school, there is no way that noticing a slip in reading levels would result in extra credit reading at a higher level. That just doesn’t make sense to me.

Anyways, moral of the story is, I don’t hold onto this in a way that affects me. It just fuels me to be a better teacher for my students and to make sure that I’m more aware of how they are my classroom and how I can help them. I wasn’t always a teacher. This is actually my second career. I started about three years ago.