This is my 7th year of teaching. For Jose it's number 11. Each year seems to go by more quickly than the one before it. While I love teaching, I love not teaching even more. So yesterday after a lovely weekend of being outdoors in the heat, all I could do was sit in the class and try hard not to hit my head against the wall. Summer come soon! I am ready for a new set of kids in the fall, and a chance to watch all those reruns over the summer that I didn't get to see during the school year (like marathon's of America's Next Top Model).
Today wasn't as bad as yesterday, but I'm guessing that by next week (after Memorial Day weekend) it's going to be impossible to get the kids to learn anything. If the schools and State of California are going to continue to demand that state testing be so valuable, then why isn't the school year over after testing? Now the kids are mentally checked out, but I have lots more to teach.
And BTW, I'm planning on teaching summer school. Summer won't be here 'till August!
This is not good people.
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You realize, of course, that you just shattered my rose-colored glasses. I thought all teachers looked at Summer vacation as an unfortunate break in their calling, and that they counted the minutes until the bell sounded again in September.
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