Am I the Only One in a Crabby Mood?

**Bananas** · 11-03-2005, 12:48 AM

Had conferences with parents yesterday. About six either did not show or cancelled. One parent wanted to know what her child would be able to do at the end of the fourth grade...how I would get her there...how my curriculum compares exactly with the regular ed classroom... The kicker was that she said her daughter has never been taught about subjects and predicates, nouns and verbs. I can tell her where I hope her daughter will be, but not where she will be in actuality.

Colleague is at it again. Set up a behavior modification plan for three students, and sent out a memo to the teachers to tell her if the students touch each other at all. How many colleagues did she offend? She did not share what her plan is. She did not discuss this in a meeting with anyone. She did not get any imput as to what behaviors are observed. She is not the case manager of these students. She has only had the primary student for one quarter. Two other teachers were in contact with the case manager, and ideas were discussed. All were waiting for tonight's reeval meeting to take place for discussion. One teacher went to the principal. Principal went to the colleague. These students will be discussed before the SAP team. Another member will route the paper work and take the helm for these. This is my usual role, but seeing as colleague and I have our moments (I threaten my colleague) I will just be a participant.

Trouble is, the main student in question has so many social concerns, and what colleague picked is not a primary concern. She will have a difficult time in another behavior being addressed if that is what is determined, which I am thinking it will be. Colleague challenged the teacher about the action. Any other time, a teacher will go directly to the teacher, but this teacher has difficulty in handling these situations. You can go and talk, and colleague will not look within to see if it could be the truth.

Had a two hour meeting about eligibility. Talked about a lot of the behaviors. Colleague demurely spoke up about creating a behavior plan to address her concern as it was time something was done. Just love how she tries to come across like others are not doing their job and she is the one who is best. :twisted:

Came home thinking I just might watch some TV, but hubby has his fingers glued to the remote control. So, I am on my computer ready to scream. 8O

**JohnBoy** · 11-03-2005, 01:08 AM

Nah- I've been kind of disgruntled the past couple of days- too many meetings after school, and the usual problems of dealing with 9th-grade toddlers.

**Hogwild** · 11-03-2005, 01:11 AM

Yesterday was the worst. Today was better. I have this one student who is driving me nuts. He's on an agenda sign off plan that started last week. Amazingly we all signed the agenda every day and then we all developed amnesia about doing it. Actually, we each signed the agenda once. Then he practiced his forgery skills. What a hoot! Well, yesterday he had me ready to scream because the assignment on the board had too many words. Plus, there's a space in the agenda for language arts, but not for reading so he didn't need my signature for reading. He has my teammate for language arts. Anyway, he came in during resource (his only special ed minutes) to get my signature. I wouldn't sign unless he wrote the assignment. He wrote "notes" as the assignment - not exactly the two sentences I had on the board, so I refused to sign. He told me there were too many words. I told him, "So sad...do it." He finally got it right on the third try. Plus, his agenda had been signed by the resource aide. Now, how does she know all his assignments? She never comes into the language arts or reading classes to get the assignments. Oh, now I'm getting crabby again. Hubby made popcorn, so I'm going to cheer myself up with that! Karen

**kontan** · 11-03-2005, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by JohnBoy

Nah- I've been kind of disgruntled the past couple of days- too many meetings after school, and the usual problems of dealing with 9th-grade toddlers.

9th grade toddlers - AMEN!!!

**Grams** · 11-03-2005, 01:27 AM

Today has been great...well, good.

The last few weeks at work have been OVERLY filled with drama, so I understand how emotionally draining the tension with your colleague is. I only know the educational field...do you think that other people have so many feeling at and about work?

**Barbara S** · 11-03-2005, 02:09 AM

In answer to your question, is anyone else in a crabby mood......

H E L L Y E S!!!!!

Well, you did ask.... :twisted:

**Rose031** · 11-03-2005, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Grams

do you think that other people have so many feeling at and about work?

Absolutely! I work in the 'real' world while attending grad school and hopefully will be teaching in the next few years. We've got horribly bitter people here, and everywhere else I've worked, who think they've 'won' if they've made life that much more unpleasant for someone else.

One example, I once had a co-worker who would target another employee she felt wronged her, and brag about how quickly she could run them off. She averaged about 6 months per employee. She wasn't fired until after the 5th 'horse' resigned.

I could go on for days, but yup, these people are everywhere. I try my best to feel sorry for them in their sad and bitter state, and then to stay away in case it's catching.

-RoseB

**Ragamuffin** · 11-03-2005, 06:14 PM

Ninth grade- toddlers :lol:

I have tenth and twelfth grade toddlers.

The twelfth grade toddlers are working on a major paper. A week ago today we spent 90 minutes in the library to find sources. Half of them didn't bother to use that time. A couple of them grabbed the minimum number of books, checked them out then sat around. They then had a week to work on their research. Preliminary outlines were due on Tuesday. Only 5 of them turned one in. I gave them an extra day with no late points, only 2 more bothered to turn it in that day. Today, they informed me it was unfair to take off late points. We went to the lab today so they could begin working on rough drafts. Most of them spent the period trying to get sources together that they could actually use or starting to actually use their sources and research. They get 90 more minutes to do rough drafts tomorrow, and are now expecting me to give them an extension for that because they didn't have time to research.
Their parents are also calling the principal to discuss how unreasonable I am being with them.

The tenth grade toddlers are making collages based on To Kill A Mockingbird. I brought paper, scissors, and glue sticks. They had to bring pictures. No one brought anything. And that's my fault, too!

**Ima Teacher** · 11-03-2005, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by JohnBoy

Nah- I've been kind of disgruntled the past couple of days-

Disgruntled. . .

That's a good word for my past few weeks. Too many meetings--that often don't amount to anything. Too many "non-teaching" things to do. Too many days taken from class time. Too many people griping about test scores. Too many "extras". . .

Hey. . . how about fewer meetings & interruptions and MORE TIME IN THE CLASS TO TEACH?