Thanks! corky.  I was looking for the funny teacher joke you told me about.  I didn't think to ask. 

Thanks! corky.  I was looking for the funny teacher joke you told me about.  I didn't think to ask. 

I think Dr Zira posted that one, maybe he can find it.

After being interviewed by the school administration, the teaching prospect said, "Let me see if I've got this right: You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt messages, and instill in them a love for learning. You want me to check their backpacks for weapons, wage war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, and raise their sense of self esteem and personal pride.

You want me to teach them patriotism and good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, and how to register to vote, balance a checkbook and apply for a job. You want me to check their heads for lice, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, and make sure that they all pass the state exams.

You want me to provide them with an equal education regardless of their handicaps, and communicate regularly
with their parents by letter, telephone, newsletter, and report card.

You want me to do all this with a piece of chalk, a blackboard, a bulletin board, a few books, a big smile, and a starting salary that qualifies me for food stamps. You want me to do all this, and then you tell me.............. I CAN'T PRAY?"

that is good...

 Thank you Dr.Zira, and corky!!! That is just great and sooo true.  I will pass it on to my teacher friends.  Let's hope it gets to the admin, too!!  

Reminds me of the time a principal asked me to take a boy under my wing and be his special friend.  This boy had abandonment issues.  I refused , not because I didn't want to help the boy, but because in May he would be abandoned again, by me.  How cruel would that be?? Of course I gave him all the attention and consideration I gave each child, but I was not going to raise his hopes that another adult would be someone he could count on long term, and dash his dreams once more.  I did all I could, but I could not take him home and be a mother to him. So sad.  The poor thing deserved better. Just another example of additional duties.

that is a good one, from a former special ed teacher!

i do part time teaching as a tutor for kids at the local high schools here for mathmatics and its rough to keep them interested in it with out having some way to be on the same page as them.