As exciting as it is to know my job kind of hangs in the balance with what I do in my classroom this thursday, its really painful. I have been working at our school for the past 3 years this june, and I know everybody who works here from before they were hired. I have spent the entire past 2 years, after our principal stumbled out from behind the desk and into rehab, thinking that I had a very clear idea of what the school was about. I was surprised that we weren't really doing the things I thought we were going to be doing, but I assumed the new principal was going to get around to fulfilling the dreams of the first principal. Maybe they are never going to get there, maybe we are just going to be another NYC high school that just gets enough kids through the tests to stay open but doesn't strive for too much more. If that is the case, what good is it to have me around trying to push for a different school than what they want. I feel betrayed, like they got all animal farm on me. Whatever.
Today's lesson was tired. Leftovers from last week, but no meat for the kids to work on. I tried a new seating arrangement and that was good, I also want to try to summarize what we learned each day and we'll see if that works. "Project work time" became "walk around and talk time," AGAIN! I'm moving on I'll make the project independent with an extra credit part for people who work in pairs, give the kids just a little bit of time in class on day two of this week and then call it a day.
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