This is where I sometimes say that if I had kids, I'd would really definitely think about sending them to a school with nuns. We would never dare talk to the nuns like that. They ran those classrooms like drill sergeants.
My sister's BF is a BP/resource teacher. Not sure what else that position would be called. He hated teaching in Dallas, because all the kids can't see their problems for their hand in front of their faces, and if you tried to talk to the parents about their kids, the parents would just get defensive.
Then he became a teacher out in a some tiny town in West Texas. He likes it better there, as the parents know how un-educated they are, the parents listen to teacher suggestions, and the kids are all little and puny so it's a bit easier to intimidate them. (Apparently their parents see nothing wrong with feeding them chips and soda all the time, that's why they're undersized. I was wondering if some of the kids' educational problems might be nutritional related.)
Another friend of my sister's (also a teacher) was relating about the difference between working in a wealthy side of town and a poorer side of town.
Wealthy side; when he tried to explain things to parents at parent/teacher conferences, the parents would say "Oh, my little darling would never act up/do anything like that."
Poorer side; After he just told parent about their child backtalking/daydreaming /what have you in class. Parent: "What have I told you!" *pow* "I told you not to be acting like that!" *slap slap*
It surprised him the first time, but after that he thought it was great that he could count on the support of the parents with any issues. (I think there were a few who gave him their phone numbers so he could call them and they could run down to the school right away.)
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My sister's BF is a BP/resource teacher. Not sure what else that position would be called. He hated teaching in Dallas, because all the kids can't see their problems for their hand in front of their faces, and if you tried to talk to the parents about their kids, the parents would just get defensive.
Then he became a teacher out in a some tiny town in West Texas. He likes it better there, as the parents know how un-educated they are, the parents listen to teacher suggestions, and the kids are all little and puny so it's a bit easier to intimidate them. (Apparently their parents see nothing wrong with feeding them chips and soda all the time, that's why they're undersized. I was wondering if some of the kids' educational problems might be nutritional related.)
Another friend of my sister's (also a teacher) was relating about the difference between working in a wealthy side of town and a poorer side of town.
Wealthy side; when he tried to explain things to parents at parent/teacher conferences, the parents would say "Oh, my little darling would never act up/do anything like that."
Poorer side; After he just told parent about their child backtalking/daydreaming /what have you in class. Parent: "What have I told you!" *pow* "I told you not to be acting like that!" *slap slap*
It surprised him the first time, but after that he thought it was great that he could count on the support of the parents with any issues. (I think there were a few who gave him their phone numbers so he could call them and they could run down to the school right away.)