Tuesday, November 13, 2007

aw man, i can't wait until the weekend approaches!!!!!

okay, so i was evaluated. on the day of my evaluation, the principal has some emergency and took off without letting me know. then i found out perchance, 20 mins before the eval, approached the substitute principal to talk about it, and ended up having the vice principal come to evaluate me. which, worked out for the best, considering i'm more comfortable with her around. it was really nice of her too, to squeeze me in at the last minute. =].

so the lesson came around. lucky day, i had 3 friggin kids absent! it was so sweet! you know it really makes a big difference to have one less kid, and now 3. i really, really felt like a good teacher that day. simply because i didn't have to tend to so many needs! so one kid decided that day that she just downright didn't want to participate, have an attitude, and after trying different options, i ended up sending her off to her own table because i didn't want to put up with it. she hogged up a lot of the time that i was supposed to spend with other kids, which wasn't good, but i did what i could. and that's how it usually is, all the struggling kids end up eating up 90% of my time, and all the other kids in the middle or high end, don't get as much as I'd like. that's something i regret, that i'm unable to get to most of the kids. sure, they may not need me as much, but they still deserve a good education.

But, I felt like I did my best, and that's what counts. i'm scheduled to meet with her tomorrow morning to review the evaluation. glad to do it, and glad to have gotten the eval over with.

so what's next? a parent is blaming her son's behavior at home on some relationship he's having with another kid in the classroom. first off, the family struggles in a lot of ways. i mean, this kid's family is, i don't even know if i should be typing this, it's more of an in person rant sort of thing. so, she makes me out to be neglecting her kid. and believe me, this kid is not what you'd call normal. i've been dealing with this kid since the beginning of the school year, and now a specific situation has escalated which caused the parent to request a counselor referral, and all this business. thank goodness the parent of the other kid is understanding, supportive, and most importantly, objective and NOT DEFENSIVE about the situation.

i did what i could with the situation, and i am really thankful for the counselor's help in all of this. it's still ongoing.

then afterschool, one of my kids was late for the bus because he was doing what he wasn't supposed to be. he wanted to turn in some piece of paper to the cafeteria, and i told him he could after school, considering he asked me when they were calling out students for the bus. he ends up hanging around the cafeteria, and is late. parent freaking calls the office threatening to get the bus driver fired. what the hell! i freakin swear some people don't know how to deal with their life and kids and stop blaming shit on the school, staff, and other people. so, im a little weary that tomorrow, im gonna get some note saying that i shouldn't have allowed him to visit the cafeteria right after school.

this is the same parent, who, faxed a letter to the principal because she thought her son was being bullied in my classroom. first off, her kid wasn't even sure if he was being bullied or not, nor reported it to me. second off, why did you go straight to the principal instead of me? what's wrong with you?! ofcourse the principal took it very lightly, and i handled it in a professional way, but still, give me a break! oh yeah, and him being bullied, guess what, it also involved the other kid that i mentioned above with the family issues.

friggin parents i swear. you know, it's not the kids that are the hard part, most of the times, it's just dealing with the parents.

most of the parents are pretty cool, but when you have 1/10 parents right now that are psychos, that's a pretty high ratio. don't even get me started on the parents next door.

nuff
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