OT - What am I doing wrong?

Have fun with the damn parabola or whatever the hell it was

I don't post much, but I lurk alot.  This thread kinda hits home as my Dad was a dedicated teacher for 30 yrs.  I remember he caught 10 kids on a trip to Washington Dc, drinking on the bus and unfortunately had to suspend them all.  But, he also had class at our house everyday for those 10 kids after school so that they would not fall behind.  Many Many times kids and parents called our house to talk to my dad.  Granted this was before txting but never the less, he was available to his students always.  Now a days, people want to blame teachers for everything, place them under scrutiny and blame them for most people not being parents let alone good parents.  I applaude teachers and truly believe it is one of the few admirable professions left.  With that being said also though, I understand where your principal is coming from..  In this day and age, people will sue you for anything.  Imagine a male teacher txting back and forth with a 15 or 16 yr old female student??  He would be guilty before anyone even found out what they were talking about???  Watch your back as closely as he is watching his!!!  Remember the road to Hell was paved with good intentions!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you!  I truly LOVE what I do and although many therapists have told me NOT to define myself by what I do - I am at the bottom of it all a teacher.  I get very possessive of my kids and for the most part their parents are VERY pleased with the results I can get their kids to typically perform.

I too understand where my principal was coming from - now that I have had a day to sleep on it and talked with about a million people.  I do beleive he was just telling me to cover my butt.  Your dad was a true hero - and I think I would have done the same thing for those students who were suspended.  Last year I HAD to deliver a final demerit to a student, who was troubled, but was a wonderful young man - and as I was talking with him about the infraction that I HAD to report, I was literally in tears.  His mom thanked me profusely and understood how difficult it was for me to write that demerit up.

Well....I think everyone summed it up.  Unfortunately we live in a world where one can sue frigging mcdonalds because their coffee was hot.   People are all to cautious and litigated happy.  99% of my work related rules have to due with some lawsuit that has happened or other things.

I'm soooo glad you are that available to your students!  And Brian will be texting you at some point, I have noooo doubt, lol

I really really really like the idea of the form you send out at the beginning of the school year.  VERY important I would think

Thanks for doing a job that is often thankless and often looked over :) AND for being so hot damned good at it!

awwwww Thanks.... :)

I would ask your union rep if he could fire u for this,
Someone called me from your school for over 900 balloons for a price quote

so you think they're ordering balloons to celebrate steffi being fired???  

JK.  Was just a funny juxtaposition of topics.

K.

What a good spin on it Karen! :)

Very cute!

I am not worried about being fired - just frustrated!  And the balloons are for a memorial we are going to do in memory of our police officer that died on Saturday morning.  They were for all red balloons weren't they?