Where Are All The Teachers??

I know it has been a while since I wrote on the blog. I haven't been feeling too well. I had a spell of dizziness and imbalance. I think it is due to the constant heat here and not replenishing my body with the necessary nutrients. I'm feeling better now, but I'm still not 100%. On top of all of that, the MEDO classes are keeping me busy and I'm trying to keep up with those. All in all, its been really busy the last few weeks. I think that may have something to do with me not feeling so well. I think I'm working hard and need a vacation. We have a long weekend next weekend and then the week off. So it will be good.

We have our WASC accredidation team coming this week to check out the school and make sure everything is going normal and well. Hopefully that will go well, we'll see. I'm not to worried about it, but they will be pulling teachers out of the classroom and asking to speak with them throughout the day. I really don't want to be one of the teachers to be pulled, but I have no control over that.

We had a carnival at school on Friday. There was an eating contest for the students, a dunk tank with teachers and a water balloon fight at the end. The one thing I noticed, and it is something I have noticed at other schools, is the number of teachers who were not at the carnival. I'm sure they were not in there classroom working, and they probably skipped out on the day. Most of them are older teachers who have been in the profession for a while. This really bothers me because it shows that these people are not teachers for the right reasons. They do the minimum they have to do to get by and refuse to go above and beyond what is required of them.

For me, we are here for the students, even though they may be spoiled and do not appreciate everything we do, we are still here for the students. If teachers are not willing to put a little effort into making these kids better people and making the school a better place, then they should really think about why they became teachers and what they are doing in the profession.

Besides that, I'm trying to keep kids from skipping out early and staying at the fair the whole time. What kind of example does that show when teachers are leaving early or not showing up at all? Some of these teachers complain about the students and complain about the way they act, but they are not doing anything to fix the problem. In fact, they are actually adding to the problem.

Off the soapbox, time to get some work done.

Aaron