More Signs Teachers Need a Break
Next Friday is the last day of school for teachers in Hillsborough County.
No secret - we enjoy (unpaid) time off just like the kids. Here's last years' list of tell-tale signs that educators need some space.
As this school year draws to a close, we:
- can list five ways watching The Sopranos in class complies with curriculum guidelines.
- hate each other. Really.
- start accepting current events from Us magazine. About Paris Hilton. Cause apparently she matters.
- write op-ed pieces criticizing the superintendent.
- respond to ineffective parents with wit and sarcasm. And then act surprised when they blow a brain cell.
- forgot how to explain Voodoo Economics five weeks ago. Or why it matters.
- stop shaving.
- find ourselves responding to students' questions with, "Seriously? Are you *high*?"
- giggle like fifteen year-olds at faculty meetings every time the principal mentions "Harry Wong."
- yawn and scratch ourselves inappropriately.
- daydream about weekend plans during Monday morning announcements.
- gladly interrupt a lecture on jingoism so Ruthie can teach us how to text message more effectively.
No secret - we enjoy (unpaid) time off just like the kids. Here's last years' list of tell-tale signs that educators need some space.
As this school year draws to a close, we:
- can list five ways watching The Sopranos in class complies with curriculum guidelines.
- hate each other. Really.
- start accepting current events from Us magazine. About Paris Hilton. Cause apparently she matters.
- write op-ed pieces criticizing the superintendent.
- respond to ineffective parents with wit and sarcasm. And then act surprised when they blow a brain cell.
- forgot how to explain Voodoo Economics five weeks ago. Or why it matters.
- stop shaving.
- find ourselves responding to students' questions with, "Seriously? Are you *high*?"
- giggle like fifteen year-olds at faculty meetings every time the principal mentions "Harry Wong."
- yawn and scratch ourselves inappropriately.
- daydream about weekend plans during Monday morning announcements.
- gladly interrupt a lecture on jingoism so Ruthie can teach us how to text message more effectively.
posted by kate @ 5:55 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
From the Harry Wong publications web site "Why order our products?" page:
If you are a veteran teacher, our materials will rekindle that flame of desire that will make you look forward to your next day in the classroom.
Rekindling the flame of desire at school sounds like trouble to me!
Port Tampa
>>we enjoy (unpaid) time off<<
Here in NC, teachers can opt to have their salary paid over 10 months or 12 months. Do you get the same option in Florida?
PT - Rekindling love sounds kinda hot.
rw - Yes, our district will withhold some of our paycheck if we so choose, keep the interest it earns, and then give it to us during the summer months. Still. Summer break remains unpaid.
And don't forget the number one sign that school is just about over...no subs avaiable due to large numbers of personal days being used!
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