Doormat, apparently.
Honestly, sometimes I wonder why I still work for the County I do. It enables the students to basically blow off everything they do not feel like doing. All the time. And I, as the math teacher, get the shaft every time. No, I’m not kidding. EVERY time.
You know what? This is going to get really, really vulgar in the language. Profanity galore. Go after the bump.
“Oh, I can’t do your thing today, I have this meeting.”
“No, I can’t make-up your quiz, I have to go do this other class’s thing. It’s the only day we can.”
“Can’t I just do it tomorrow? I have so many other things I have to do because I was out.”
“Thank you for understanding that my child is overwhelmed with work. Tomorrow would be great for him/her to make-up your material.”
Great. Wonderful.
If I say “No, you have to come today, period.” I’m the bad guy.
If I say “No, you need to do it today.” I’m the one who is not understanding how swamped the student is.
If I say “No, stop putting my class last.” I’m being paranoid and should be more understanding of the student’s emotional needs.
You know what?
Fuck all of you.
Yes.
Fuck the shit out of all you.
Stop taking advantage of me. Stop deciding for me when it’s appropriate for a student to come and make-up missed material.
Take some damn fucking responsibility and if you say you’ll come do my thing, come do my thing. Don’t put me last because you think I won’t be upset about. Don’t take my email as permission to do whatever the fuck you want unless I actually say “That’s fine. You can come another day.”
Oh, and you parents?!
Teach your children HOW to take fucking responsibility. Stop enabling them to blow shit off. And, for the love of all that is holy, give them some fucking consequences for blowing shit off. And if you won’t, let me give them the damn consequences. Stop whining about how “overwhelmed” your child it. You know what? *I* am overwhelmed in trying to keep my 150 students from being overwhelmed.
Stop allowing them to treat school – and life – like a video game.
Last time I checked, despite what the county policy says for grades, there was no 1-up in life.
God-fucking-dammit.
I believe the term is “You go girlfriend!”
Why thank you! (=
I felt much better. (;
I’m so mad at people nowadays. I have to really wonder if people have values anymore. The kids are just out of control. I’m ready to move to a different country in the middle of nowhere.
I’m just so disappointed sometimes (most of the time). the world keeps losing cool points.
hahah! you prolly rock at your job. you have too! you just *care*. that’s a good thing.