Why is it that American Idol isn’t as amusing as it used to be? I was just watching the auditions for the newest season and it just – wasn’t nearly as funny. Diz mentioned the same thing on her $pownce$. That it just wasn’t what it used to be. Though, I have to admit, watching it with a friend on the phone? Much more fun. ::snickers:: Nothing like spending two hours on the phone, MST3K-ing the American Idol auditions. Totally awesome. (;
Why is the ‘the battery is really low’ sound on my phone so annoying? >___< It's obnoxious, that's what it is. Ugh. I can't stand it. Shut UP phone! I will plug you in soon, so just - shut up! I wish it would snow. Stupid Boston got all of my snow – again. It did snow here for a bit. It looked like a blizzard for about ten minutes or so. Maybe half an hour. The flakes were all whirling around in the air and it looked amazing and pretty. But – nothing stuck to the ground. How depressing. Dammit. Give me some snow, Mother Nature!! I’m still sick. I’ve been sick since December. Someone make it stop. I’m tired of being congested and sick. )= I’ve talked on the phone to the same person for at least an hour for four of the last five days. Is that weird? Why do students think it is my fault when they fail a class? Why is it always ‘what are you going to do about my grade?’ Why isn’t it ‘what can I do for the future to avoid this happening again?’ Blah. Why can’t the administration actually support the teachers? Why can’t the administrators realize they are severely hampering my ability to do my job in an effort to make life easier for about five other people in the building? (When I say my ability, I’m actually talking about the majority of the classroom teachers.) Why can’t the county math curriculum people see the curriculum they’ve been working on for five years sucks ass and has dumbed down about four subjects so badly, I cannot even come close to saying I am preparing my students for the next higher level math? Do I need to beat it into them? Why do people think six graders taking Algebra 1 is a good thing? Why do people not see that most sixth graders are not prepared for it? Hell, most seventh and eighth graders aren’t prepared for it. Ugh. Blah. Okay. I’m better. This Brain Dump brought to you by the letter “F” and “U” and the number 13.
American Idol is no longer fun to watch because everyone is set in their roles now and only something remarkable will make you tune in. Same thing happened with me when I watched Survivor. I was a big fan through the 2nd Season and then when they came out with #3 it was the same stuff in a different location..boring. The only way to keep interest in shows which have a set format is for the people to draw you in and since the show is mostly about the Judges that just doesn’t happen anymore.
On to the second item..you just explained to us exactly why the Battery Low noise is what it is…it’s supposed to irritate you into plugging it in so that it stops. Moving on!
It’s your fault when a student fails because YOU are the only other person they have to blame. They can’t blame themselves because then they probably wouldn’t be failing (they’d have realized long ago they need to get their asses in gear and not shift the blame) If they blame their parents then it’s still your fault because the parents will panic and accuse you of poor teaching practices because you did not notify them of their childs impending stupidity before it was too late (regardless of whether it happens to be true or not)
In this day and age the Admins are just as scared of the parents as their own children are. What that boils down too is they will go out of their way to use Teachers as human shields in order to keep things from getting through to them because then they’d have to take some responsibility. Can’t have that now can we?
Of course your County can’t make the curriculum better because they are the faceless people in the dark that are ultimately responsible for the failure rates. Thusly to avoid anyone shedding light on them they make things easier in the hopes that the kids will be out of their jurisdiction before anyone realizes they are in fact not as smart as a fourth grader.
Lastly the reason for things like Algebra reaching the younger classes is to reflect the incorrect notion that kids are actually smarter in this day and age with the internet, cell phones and Satellite TV at their fingertips than they were just 20 years ago.
I’m glad you’re better! Me too! hehe
I had the *exact* same reaction to American Idol last night. It was all so familiar. “After the break, a meltdown you don’t want to miss!” or “For this contestant, it’s about more than just getting on tv…” etc. I liked the girl who sold her horse, and the girl at the end who had to sit through glitter-girl’s tantrum. Apart from that, there wasn’t much to like. And Simon wasn’t on, either.