tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post2541888358405438490..comments2024-03-18T22:44:53.542-05:00Comments on Learn Me Good: A sense of what now?Mister Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-76498137216836450222013-01-27T17:37:01.610-06:002013-01-27T17:37:01.610-06:00Michael, you hit the nail on the head.
Anonymous,...Michael, you hit the nail on the head.<br /><br />Anonymous, you sure you don't work at MY school?Mister Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797744114515551901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-12261977865466637952013-01-26T17:30:39.048-06:002013-01-26T17:30:39.048-06:00I have heard the same thing for six weeks now from...I have heard the same thing for six weeks now from my new principal (I share districts with you). My problem with this is that it doesn't matter how much you plan, how much work you put it, how much time and effort you give, how much of a sense of urgency you have as a teacher, if you do not have the support of the administration and if discipline is such a big problem schoolwide that teachers cannot even complete the most well planned lesson. If the students do not have the desire to try and learn (where I am, this is the case with many of them) and the school doesn't enforce rules consistently (if at all), then the sense of urgency is lost on the students. When you have several teachers that have left their contracts by winter break because of the students, that is a sign that something (besides the teaching and sense of urgency) need to change. I'll step down from my soapbox now. Thanks for sharing thoughts on your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-75161235615760416582013-01-26T17:20:55.654-06:002013-01-26T17:20:55.654-06:00I think this link can explain your boss' obses...I think this link can explain your boss' obsession with urgency. She lives in the "interruption" quadrant, has for a long time. <br /><br /> http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_91.htm<br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993726601281130530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21615042.post-28972493136208171302013-01-26T16:46:11.237-06:002013-01-26T16:46:11.237-06:00We have heard the same thing in our school as well...We have heard the same thing in our school as well. My take is that I live in the deep south. We don't get in too much of a hurry for anything. :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com