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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Colleague Rant

My colleagues, almost all, if not all, are hard working people. Many of them work harder than I do. Many of them work harder than their students.
I don't work harder. I listened to a speaker a few years ago, and I work smarter, not harder.
My colleagues have somehow gotten it into their heads that our team somehow cheats. We win at the 'house cup' competition because we have more students on the team. We have higher test scores because we have smaller classes. (Yes, for the discriminating reader, there is a contradiction there upon which they have not picked up.)
The latest contention is that we have few students who are in need of resource or academic intervention services. As a matter of record, we have about 69% of our students who have or need those services. Of course, the same percentage or higher of our students pass math because our teacher is tremendously talented.
The disagreement has culminated into screaming matches in the faculty room between a friend and other colleagues.
The best part is...I am not involved in the screaming!!

1 Comments:

  • I guess one never truly leaves junior high, eh?

    At least your kids are getting quality education...I feel bad for the kids that have those colleagues as teachers...

    By Blogger Michelle, At May 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM  

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