I enjoyed the Sherz comments -from a teacher who spends hours weekly in the trenches. I to do this and can say this is exactly what is happening. Even with the poor kids I work with these last few years.
Last friday, I was threatned in third hour that a kid planned to stab me in the neck after I expressed to the table of rotten kids that throwing papers at my back while I talked to other teacher- was not going to get them ahead in life. Of course they all plan to be pro- what ever players or rapper( all the desk pounding- to a stupid beat they all play the same beat- as their prep for the limelight). This kids is on welfare and said the paper he wasted was of little concern( yep- we paid for that you little &@^#%.) I wrote up a dean referral and he is pending expulsion( will get to go to another school and we will help pay bus pass)- but he admitted it- said yep he had planned to do it. Then seventh period a rotten kid was chewing gum. Just a quick side note on this. Although this would seem benign to most. The no gum is a school rule. I have gum hanging from my tables, on the new carpet ground in, on my chairs, on my walls, on the steps to my classroom and finally in my textbooks. It spit it out everywhere. So I asked this girl to spit it out- she walked by trash can, I said please spit your gum. She said I heard you the first time, actually screamed it at me.
I walked by again and she was still chewing. Last week got kicked out of detention she was serving for chewing gum and in the detention chewing gum and talking.
So I wrote her up, handed her the paper and asked her to leave and go to dean. She took her own sweet time, I said in a quiet tone, you can leave. She pushed back the chair and hit the wall and screamed- I heard you bitch. Then said you don't know me, you can't talk to me like that. I am going to kick your mother fucking ass bitch. I remembered closing my eyes as I was sure the next thing was a blow to the face as she lunged toward me. She did not hit me, I said just leave. I really thought I was going to get my ass kicked, but a big ugly disrespectful nasty girl.
The admin. did back me, but I was suprised as that is not always the case, just as this other teacher stated about the detention- that is usually the flow of things.
To top it off the school police said to me they will investigate and if the kids are not a jerk to her, she will just site, not arrest. WTF- nice to you. Of course nice to you, they know you have some power, Try being in a room of 40 plus kids with out your badge, and gun. But she is a breeder- has pictures of her kids everywhere. I nice to kids on hall way- so they can see police are their friend. Stupid bitch.
I left work, very upset, not wanting to go back to teaching, and knowing I need to for another school year after this- then I am done.
But right now some dumpy ass mother is sitting at home, saying not my baby, they are precious, they would never- that stupid teacher.
When she was prego -someone I am sure said- you are going to be a great mom.
Nope, don't see those around anymore, just kids from hell and its only getting worse- and we all suffer for it.
We are the smart one- no kids for me.