School rules vary from school to school and district to district, so these might not be true for all schools. Just all of the ones I’ve worked at: We cannot leave students unsupervised for even a minute. That’s why we’re on our phones sometimes… we’re chatting with our […]
Here’s how some students think: Two rest days a week is already enough to relax, do homework, or spend time with family. If we had a three-day weekend, we would get into more of a “holiday” frame of mind and struggle to focus or be productive. Yes, the […]
Talk of teacher shortages has been popping up on a state-to-state basis, so I thought I’d engage in a rare act of actual data collection. I’m working from two basic sources here: 1) a report from USED that actually goes back to 1991, but we’ll just focus on […]
School uniforms require students to wear a particular set of clothes throughout the week. These uniforms generally consist of slacks, a belt and a polo shirt with or without the school’s emblem. They might also include skirts for girls and long-sleeved shirts for colder seasons. School uniforms are […]
Us educators hear an exorbitant amount of hysterical, shocking, and downright ludicrous things from students. Here are the top 20 things that students say that teachers don’t want to hear. TWO QUESTIONNAIRES FOR PARENTS FOR IDENTIFYING GIFTED STUDENTS I was absent. Did I miss anything important? We were […]
Us teachers love our jobs, but come April/May, we, too, start to get that summer itch. We can clearly see the finish line, but it feels like we are running towards it in slow motion while thirty students hang off of our every limb. Here are ten ways […]
When becoming a teacher, you gain a variety of things. You can suddenly multi-multitask, recognize learning/processing issues a mile away, and turn a possibly boring concept into the most exciting lesson EVER. But what do you lose when venturing into the wonderful field of education? Appropriate & Inappropriate […]
