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  1. 05-11-2006, 05:20 PM #1
    TAC
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    Well it's official, I failed!

    To start off forgive the grammar, I just have to much end of year-itus to care right this second.

    Well we sorta got some of the results of the TAKS…..and out of 12, 7 failed….I almost started crying…..but then I found out….. of 16, 1 failed; out of 10, 1 failed; and out of 7 all passed. Now that means that of my 4 classes only one set did bad……but they did so bad that it pulls my stats down to about 50% (exaggeration). Uggggg! I can see that I missed something, with that class, but I don’t know what. Two of the 7 are good writers, I have NO idea what happened to them. Three were SE and although they have improved leaps and bounds I knew that there was a good chance of failure (they were very far behind to begin with and for 2 of them it was there first TAKS). The other 2 that failed, well, they are average students, I don’t know what happened to them.

    I have no excuses, I just feel like a failure today. Tommow will be better.

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  2. 05-11-2006, 07:00 PM #2
    wag
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    I am so sorry!!!! Some classes seem to be loaded down with students we have difficulty reaching.

    these tests make so many GOOD teachers feel like failures. A good cry will help but then try to move on. (I know - easier said than done).
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  3. 05-11-2006, 09:12 PM #3
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    You did your best. And they had to take the test, not you. If it were up to you, they would all pass perfectly. It just wasn't up to you completely. Hope it gets better.
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  4. 05-11-2006, 11:30 PM #4
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    ((((((TAC)))))))

    We spend so much valuable time analyzing each year's test, teaching to the standards and the content of the test questions in the correct proportion. We spend so much time teaching how to take tests. We hold meeting after meeting after meeting to build our strategies for the best results.

    If the kids don't care, some don't try. Even if they could do better.

    We find some test questions on the test not included in the standards. I am sorry you feel so bad. Please try not to take it personally. We are not miracle workers.
    Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. (Erma Bombeck)

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  5. 05-12-2006, 06:08 PM #5
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    Just do your best everyday and don't worry about it.
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  6. 05-12-2006, 10:21 PM #6
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    Look. You cannot make chicken salad out of chicken sh**. A teacher can only account for so much in the overall equation.
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    "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once."
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