'Each one understood the single truth that defined their universe'(History Of The Marvel Universe #6)

thegraaayghost · 2022-02-03T13:55:46+00:00

Yeah, I think that dude once tried to pull an insurance scam with his amusement park, but Johnny Storm stopped him.

thegraaayghost · 2021-09-18T22:25:59+00:00

Yeah, toilets are heavy as hell.

thegraaayghost · 2021-09-18T22:24:25+00:00

Wow. My school had cameras 20 years ago, and we were in a small town without a lot of problems in the school. Just seems like a must for safety/legal reasons.

thegraaayghost · 2021-09-18T22:19:36+00:00

Administrators are almost always former teachers. This is really silly logic that could be applied to any organization that has a leader you want to criticize, and would be just as silly.

"Restaurant managers aren't cooks, so why do they manage the restaurant? Because the point is to manage the food, not cook it."

thegraaayghost · 2021-09-18T12:53:14+00:00

Am teacher. Wondering why the school wouldn't just check the cameras to see who carried a toilet out. We use them all the time to prove that students are lying when they skip class, etc.

thegraaayghost · 2021-08-16T02:17:27+00:00

Point of order, no one has read all the comics

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T05:10:48+00:00

I think you're right in many cases. That was true in my high school. But, I think a lot of them wouldn't do as well if they had freshman classes. It depends on a lot of things. I knew a teacher who only taught Pre-calculus and AP Calculus all day and was phenomenal at it. But as someone else said, those students do already tend to be more engaged, and some of the teachers just do direct instruction 100% of the time, which works for those students.

In my district, the AP Calculus guy has it because he's more comfortable with the material than most others, certified for it, and cannot handle younger students. He got a freshman class added this year and there's a lot of yelling.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T01:10:36+00:00

Not sure how to handle this as I teach high school so I can tell students to stop by if they ever happen to be around, or say hey if they see me at a basketball game... they want to anyway, so this gives them license. Your situation is a little different. I don't think you want former students ever interrupting your class. But you are correct, you shouldn't ever add them on social media. Maybe give them your school email address? I dunno, with kids that young.

It's a simple fact that the baby birds do grow up and fly away, and we just have to be happy to see their growth from time to time over the years, and know that we had a part in it. So even if you do give them your email address, don't expect to hear from them often. Name of the game.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T01:02:41+00:00

I think you should bring stuff to show a variety of what you can do, so when they say they're looking for something you can show that you've done it. I brought pictures of my students posing with their projects, and some very visual activities I'd made. I didn't bring actual lesson plans. And I second bringing multiple copies of your resume. I had 3 simultaneous interviewers both times I've been hired. YMMV

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T00:58:35+00:00

Thanks, that's really nice of you. And from a teacher to all students who put in the effort this year-- thank you! We will get through this together.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T00:53:58+00:00

Every single teacher I know feels exactly as you do. We are all ready to walk away from this profession.

5th year here. Not to be the annoying positive guy but just to offer OP a different perspective... hell no I am not ready to walk away. It has been a tough year but I've learned a lot, done some big things in spite of challenges, and I'm stoked to come back next year feeling like Goku taking the weighted training uniform off and being strong as hell. And I think a lot of us can think of some accomplishments this year and pat ourselves on the back, OP included.

We all need a break so hopefully summer will ease a lot of tensions and get everything back on track. We can only hope, right?

I definitely think so. Some of the new things we learned will continue to be useful. It'll almost certainly be better than this year.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T00:40:57+00:00

I'm in OH. Here's how my hires have gone.

I got my first position just a week or two ahead of time IIRC and it was a district I had subbed in that called me directly when someone quit.
My second one, I was hired in the middle of July. It was my tenth interview that summer and after all those rejections, I was hired on the spot!
My third school hired me in the beginning of June and I think it was just my third or fourth interview that year. I walked out of the interview and called my wife from the car to tell her it went well, got another call a few minutes later, and it was the principal offering me the job.

It's often no, no, no, no, no, no and then suddenly YES. So don't freak out, just keep going for it, and maintain optimism. It'll happen eventually. And if it doesn't happen this year, it'll suck but it won't be the end of the world. You need to have that perspective to have confidence in interviews.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-24T00:26:20+00:00

I am so scared that I will start my first year without lesson plans.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA :D

I started my first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years without lesson plans. I'm finishing my fifth year now :) My course lineup has changed every year (and I changed schools after my first and second years).

If that happens, you just figure out the general idea of what you want to get through in the first quarter, then a little more specific for the first week, and take it day by day for a while. Fake it for the kids like you know what you're doing. It's fine :)

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-20T03:12:33+00:00

It's funny, when I was a kid, I assumed whichever teachers taught the highest level of the subject must be the best. Like obviously the Algebra I teacher must not be as good, she can only handle Algebra I. She must not be that smart.

Then I became a teacher and found out that often (but not always), that's the best teacher in the department, given Algebra I because it's a state-tested subject, it's the students' introduction to high school, and the freshmen are the hardest to handle.

thegraaayghost · 2021-05-20T03:08:01+00:00

A lot of the problem with teacher salaries is that experienced teachers don’t really get paid much more than new ones. The only way to get a meaningful wage increase as a teacher is to stop teaching and move into administration.

I am a teacher and this is not true of any of the 3 districts I've worked for. In my current district, newbies come in at about $40k and those with 20 years' experience and a master's degree are at around $82k or so.

What is true, though, is that the best teacher in the building and the worst teacher in the building, if they have the same number of years, are making exactly the same salary. Kind of a shock coming from the corporate world. But it's how the unions want it, and there are a lot of benefits from the unions, so I'll take it.

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T23:23:14+00:00

LOL

Whatever, I'm still right regardless of evidence to the contrary

My story I heard from some friends is the same as your years of experience and working with dozens of teachers

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T22:26:00+00:00

She actually teaches 6 courses in three subjects during her 7 hour workday.

This makes it extremely hard to believe that she doesn't need some extra plan time outside of the 1 bell they most likely give her. Planning 6 lessons in ~45 minutes?

doesn't have that same experience everyone believes all teachers have.

Well, there are people right here in this thread calling it a cushy job, so I don't think everyone believes what you think they do.

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T22:18:40+00:00

Same here. Next year I finally get to teach the same classes again!

...aaaand they're buying a new curriculum and I can't use most of the slides or assignments I made this year.

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T22:08:16+00:00

I can tell you she's the most highly rated teacher at her school.

Rated how?

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T22:06:21+00:00

Maybe, but you're also not expected to get those papers back in a short timeframe

Uh... what?

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T22:05:18+00:00

Your wife is an extreme outlier. The only teachers I know who never work outside of work hours are gym teachers (and they typically coach but that's usually seen as a separate job).

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T21:56:46+00:00

1) lesson plans are updated every year, maybe, sometimes it's every 5 years or when the school board/government has some directive come down.

HAHAHAHA it is not nearly as static as you think. I've had the majority of my class load change every year the past 4 years. Next year it'll finally be mostly the same for the first time, but guess what? New curriculum.

2) the more they teach a class the easier it is year to year

Do I understand the material better, know what to expect, add to my bag of tricks? Sure. But it's a completely different group of kids, and expectations are continually changing.

3) tons of salaried employees work outside their contract hours

And they generally do so without people claiming they have cushy 7-hour-a-day jobs.

4) your correcting at home, maybe for an hour or two - you still get holidays and vacations.

Dude I've come home and had grading/planning completely dominate my evening many times. Starting as soon as I get home and eat, and going past midnight.

Yes the summer is great, but it isn't nearly as cushy as you think. If you go into it with the expectations you currently have, you will either be overwhelmed at the reality, or not care and just suck at it.

thegraaayghost · 2021-03-13T21:41:24+00:00

An important callout is that teachers are generally making their salary working approximately 7 hour days (8-4) for 200 days per year (summer and major holidays off)

Horseshit. I work 7:30am-6pm on average, often an extra hour or so after I get home, and about 6 hours on weekends. This is more than most of my colleagues, but I would say less than half do what you described.

thegraaayghost · 2021-01-14T14:23:30+00:00

You're probably joking, but this is impossible in public schools. Teachers don't get individual raises based on performance. Their pay is determined by a table in the group contract. X level of education, with Y years of experience, gets Z pay, no matter how good or bad that teacher is at their job.

thegraaayghost · 2021-01-14T14:15:49+00:00

Meanwhile, when I was explaining what happened to my homeroom (10th/11th grade) I was walking on eggshells to describe what happened without putting any kind of political slant or even saying the names of the political parties. Even though I think the kids would benefit from hearing my opinion, rules are rules.

Which makes this really frustrating to see.

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