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They Parents Ain't Teach Me Shit (with apologies to dead prez)
It's Thursday....the last day of school for the week. As tomorrow is Staff Development day, I will have to go to work, but the little anklebiters will be at home. Teachers, instead, have to go to these silly meetings all day.
Fair trade off, though. I need a break from the rugrats. I don't get to see my intermediate level colleagues that much, either.
Went to a Union meeting yesterday. It was really....interesting.
The more I stay in this camp, the more I want to just open my own independent school. I swear, if I ever did become like a for real millionaire, I would do it.
I think. Or maybe I would just throw all types of donations at certain public schools abd afterschool programs. And parenting programs.
Parents of the '00s suck ass, yo. Some of them expect the school and afterschool programs to raise them. I've got parents (foster parents included) who are really trifling about paying for kids field trips, sending them to school late (if at all) not sending notes when they are absent. And it's only hurting the kid in the long run. Now, I might have been absent a lot (cuz a little nigga DID stay home for even just the sniffles) but I NEVER came late! I mean come on, what are you doing where you can't wake your kid up and have him or her at school by 8:40?
SOME parents really are holding it down though. I have about five parents who I think are really good at reinforcing at home what the kid learns at school, both socially and academically.
Speaking of education....my girl Nikki sent me an email about "A Better Chance." I need to somehow forward that info to the parents of the little genius I taught last year. This lil boy is really nice, BRILLIANT in reading and math, and is also athletic. A boarding school would be perfect for somebody like him! It wasn't the right thing for me -- I wasn't ready to be that independent at a young age. And nowadays, I am focused on the INDIVIDUAL.....why should a kid stay in a crappy school system just to improve the system's scores and averages?
Don't get me wrong....it would sting if I couldn't send my kids to Coolidge. I really would like my kids to be able to say they are following their father and grandmother's legacy.
Anyway....oh yeah, one more thing. Thanks for all the love! I have been getting mad emails from folks, and I promise I will return all of them when I get more than a few minutes. (I see you, PP-O!)
Have a great day!
ADDENDUM: So, I forgot to say that yesterday, I found some free Colgate toothpaste samples in one of the closets, and it went along with a dental hygeine video that we watched. This kids acted like they were on OPRAH getting free CARS and shit! I was like "I have free toothpaste packets for you all" and they were like YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!
So then I Meryl Streeped it up and gave the extra samples to the other first grade class. I did the voice and everything: "Boys and girls, I have a surprise for all of you. We've got FREE TOOTHPASTE SAMMPLLLLLLLLEEEEES!"
YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!
"And everybody's getting onnnnnnnnnne!"
YYAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!
Posted by Rashid on October 21, 2004 6:44 AM
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