I have a feeling I have another seven levels to go through

[amoldymachine]

I started my new job today, teaching English to 6,7,8th graders at a charter school in Milwaukee. I was tested and I don't know if stayed firm enough but at least I didn't cry. These kids have the benifit of small classrooms, but that's about it. No overhead projector, no screen to pull down, no window, no real books. I was hired yesterday and

Comments

[anonymous]

congrats on the job! I think you should be firm - especially right away. Otherwise they'll walk all over you for the rest of the year and you'll be miserable. Just because they're at risk or in a poorly funded school doesn't give them the right to be obnoxious and not act like civil people.

Kids that get away with crap like this are the ones that end up in jail - because nobody ever told them no.

Don't be sad get angry

[mskitty80]

It is lame that Hurricane k makes you sob; It makes makes me furious. It interrupts my soap operas and raises gas prices. Grrrrr!