I was listening to one of the local morning shows this morning – Mickey, Amelia, and Spegal from 98 Rock. They were talking about the shooting in Cleveland yesterday. Mickey was saying that kids today are coddled and never taught it is okay to lose or to fail. I was listening and I had to agree, especially given the way the county is making us do things here. (Reassessments – I’m sure I’ve ranted about those before…)
I wasn’t even going to bother with it, except I have a student in an honors class. She probably should never have been in an honors class, but she was. She decided she was going to drop into the on-level class. Okay, fine. Well, she stopped doing the work for me because she was leaving the class. There is a test today. She is still technically in my class. Is she here taking it? No. She’s been approved (finally) to take the on-level class. So, she is SKIPPING the test I am giving, which she has been prepared by me to take, and will take the on-level test when they take it.
What.
The.
Fuck.
They gave her a PASS to go to her guidance counselor’s office and do her homework.
What are we telling our children?
That it’s okay to blow stuff off. That’s really what we are saying. She did not do the review assignment for this test. Didn’t bother with it. Because she was “getting out of this class.” I’m pretty sure she didn’t bother to study either. I guarantee she whined to her counselor and to her administrator that I was a horrible teacher and she didn’t understand anything and that she should just take the ‘easier’ on-level test.
I am so mad and I don’t even know exactly why. I don’t have to grade her test. I won’t have to deal with her in class any more…
But I’m pissed.
Ugh.
I need alcohol.
And sex.
Stat.
