Today's topic of conversation was how they are looking at other options for employment. I almost shouted "Hallelujah!" Their rational is that the parents don't care or value education and neither do the students. Funny, I don't get that vibe from my students and parents. They do care, sometimes they just don't have a clue and if you have not connected to them, you're not going to win them over. Oh wait... I have all the "good" kids. They complained that they can never do any correcting or other work while the students are working because all hell breaks loose in their rooms if they are not fully engaged in monitoring. What's up with that? My kids will work silently for thirty - forty minutes, then as they finish up the assignment, they start to get a little chatty. I can get a LOT of work done while my students are working.

We got a new VP today. Two of his kids are former students of mine. He asked me how my class was and I told him I had good kids. He asked about the other classes. I told him they didn't think they had good classes and then I said that they always think that. His reply was cool, " What's the constant in this equation?"

Just tired of the negativity.

Veronica