Teacher Survivor

[Sonya]

I usually don't pass these things on but it is so true as to be scary.




Six Texas legislators will be dropped in an elementary school
classroom for 6 weeks. Each legislator will be provided with a copy of
his/her school district's curriculum, and classes ranging from 22 to 35
students-depending on the grade level. Each class will have five
learning-disabled children, three with A.D.D., one gifted child, and two
who speak limited English. Three will be labeled with severe behavior
problems.

Each legislator must complete lesson plans at least 3 days in
advance with annotations for curriculum objectives and modify, organize,
or create materials accordingly. They will be required to teach
students, handle misconduct, implement technology, document attendance,
write referrals, correct homework, make bulletin boards, compute grades,complete report cards, document benchmarks, communicate with parents,
and arrange parent conferences. They must also supervise recess and
monitor the hallways.

In addition, they will complete drills for fire, tornados, and
shooting attacks. They must attend workshops, (at least 50 hours a year
to retain their teaching certificate), faculty meetings, and curriculum
development meetings. They must also tutor those students who are behind
and strive to get their 2 non-English speaking children proficient
enough to take various state tests. If they are sick or having a bad day
they must not let it show. Each day they must incorporate reading,
writing, math, science, and social studies into the program. They must
maintain discipline and provide an educationally stimulating environment
at all times.

The legislators will only have access to the golf course on the
weekends, but on their new salary they will not be able to afford it
anyway. There will be no access to vendors who want to take them to
lunch, and lunch will be limited to 30 minutes. On days when they do ot
have recess duty, the legislators will be permitted to use the staff
restroom as long as another survival candidate is supervising their
class.
The legislator must remember to be careful not to touch a student,
fail a student, upset a student, because the student's parent might go
to the principal who may or may not support the legislators.

If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary
materials at this time. If it does not work, they can use their own
money to make copies for the class at Kinko's. Regardless, the
legislators might have to buy their own paper.
The legislators must continually advance their education on their
own time and pay for this advanced training themselves. This can be
accomplished by moonlighting, (a second job), or marrying someone with
money.
The winner will be allowed to return to his or her job as a member
of the Texas Legislature. Their next year's salary will depend on not
how hard they worked, but how their students do on standardized testing.

 

[momm2four]

If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary

Of course, these copies must be paid for from their classroom account which is funded with money from school fees that the survivor must beg, barter and plead with parents to pay. If survivor can't get parents to pay these fees, he/she is left to fend for themselves. No assistance will be given from administration.


Wow! I was nodding my head the entire way through this.
Lori P.

 

[cynsaun]

Bravo! I hope they learn a lesson themselves!

This would be a great idea here, only put the school board members in the classrooms! The schools are a shambles, and no one wants to hear it! All the word from the outside is that our county run schools are the best in the country, but (!) we on the inside see a completely different view!