GETTING LAID OFF!!!

At first when I got the news that I was laid off, I was sad! I really love most of the people that I work with! The saddest part was that I am not going to work with Melissa any more. For all of you that don't know Melissa, she is my bestie. I work right next door to each other and do everything together. I am going to miss having her next door to me and losing the person that I get to drink coffee with and have lunch with. We have known each other for 3 years and I am glad that I got the opportunity to meet her. I have meet such wonderful people here. I also met Lonita and Kristen here, they are also such wonderful teachers and friends. I also lost a wonderful friend last year, her name was Megan, she moved back home. We have become quite a group. I love hanging out with them. We have so much fun. The best part was that we all connected together, because of NOVA. We had so much fun making fun of this place. I will always remember the good times. Working at NOVA and experiencing all that I have here, definitely has made me realize how much I really don't want to be a teacher anymore!!! Especially in the middle school age group. You have to be nuts to want to work with these kids by choice.(AT least for me, this is how I feel). I really never wanted to work with middle school kids, but had to take the job, since their really wasn't much out there. Teaching has changed so much! I hate the direction that it is going in and I can't stand the amount of disrespect from everyone!. I have never had to work so hard in anything; as much as I do as a teacher. It has come to a point that parents nor their kids really don't care about education. At least the majority! Most of them just drop off their kids in the morning so that they can receive their free daycare. I am really tired of being a teacher, parent, counselor, dean, nurse, and psychologist to these kids. Ever since I heard that I was laid off, I am so much more relaxed and stress free. I am so glad that this happened to me. I really didn't enjoy coming to work and having anxiety attacks everyday. The only part that was good was seeing my friends. I am looking forward and I know that something better will come my way. As they say, "When one door closes, another one opens!" I am truly a believer of that!

March 30, 2011

How it's been so long!!! I haven't had a second to stop and write to you guys in a while. Since I just got notice that I will not have a job in September, because of our lovely budget cuts; I have plenty of time to write. Well let me fill you in with all the drama my sixth grade class has been causing. I can't believe how bad the students keep getting every year. There isn't a minute in my day that is boring, thanks to my wonderful, gifted students!(NOT)I really can't stand this class. First of all I have become a special day class teacher. Even though I am not qualified to be one. I have so many special needs kids in my class that I have no idea what to do with them. I truly believe that teaching has become babysitting.
I love when parents who try to enroll their kids with special needs into our school, and conveniently forget to mention that their child has an IEP. I don't understand why as a parent you would do that to your own child. There is a damn reason why your child has a IEP. THEY NEED HELP!!!!!!! They aren't able to function normally and need special guidance. So we got this one kid recently and we had no idea that he had a 30 page IEP. Let me paint a picture for you; he has no social skills, reads and comprehends at a second grade level and extremely in need of a one on one. I have no idea why he was brought to a school that can't provide these services for him. People don't get that we are a small charter school and do not have all the capabilities of a large school. Yet every year we get all these special needs students and are expected to work miracles. I am so sick and tired of worrying about test scores!!!!!!