Dear So and So

[Veronica]

Dear Co-Teachers;

Today is the day we divide out students for next year. You need to step up to the plate and voice your concerns; I will not be your mouthpiece. This passive-aggressive stance of yours is driving me crazy. If you really think there is a hidden agenda, you need to vice it.

By the way, we are not all the same. I have never once said, "My students can't do that." or "That's too hard for my kids." I don't "get" all the thinkers; I create the thinkers. You don't hold your students accountable for setting goals and working toward them because you don't "have time" to do that weekly. Have you ever considered that the acoountability piece is why my students care about their learning?

Veronica

[Crankin]

+ a million
The thing I disliked most about teaching was this type of drama. Of course , I was accused of " thinking like a man."
Therapists are kind of wimpy, too. I am very empathic, but all of a sudden, I am seeing the same thing I did in teaching: take this case, we need someone who can handle it.

[Veronica]

I haven't heard that I think like a man yet.

But for years it's been: you get all the good kids, you get all the kids who can think, you get all the kids who care, you get all the supportive parents...

I think my approach to teaching is very differenty from my peers. I don't do things for my kids. They make up first day of school care packages, have pizza parties as a reward fpr things students should just do...

They don't have the kids set goals for themselves or talk about how to get better. The kids aren't invested in their learning in their classes.


Veronica