Wednesday, March 15, 2006
I'm ba-aack
Lots has been going on: V-man had his first birthday on March 10th, our dog Laurel died (Kidney failure), and we have had some quasi-spring weather which has made it difficult for me to concentrate. Thanks goodness its back in the 40's...not really. I slept for the longest I've ever slept today, from about nine o'clock this morning 'till about 3:30 this afternoon. No, I wasn't at work. Home sick with some kind of flu or something. My mom came and picked up the V-man and now I'm ready to go back to bed. I'm trying to make it to American Idol, 'cause I'm hopelessly addicted to that damn show. My vote is for Chris or Taylor. Did I mention we also adopted another dog? Mercy is a dalmatian and she's deaf. Steve drove all the way to a dalmatian rescue in Lynchburg, Virginia to get her. She's real floppy but she's gotta learn her manners.
At work, I've been told I'm writing too many office referrals, and I really don't feel like going into the whole story, but the bottom line is that I'm not really going to change anything that I'm doing. In faculty meetings, they tell us that we need students to learn how to work independently, yet none of the children really have the skills to do this yet. In art, they have to do this, so my way of looking at this whole this is that I'm ahead of the curve. I was told at one meeting a month ago that, "Ms. G.W. hardly writes any referrals, so when she does it's a big deal." (Direct quote from administrator) Than last week, I was pulled into some meeting which frankly was some lame cock-and-bull story that was a cover for the "real" meeting which was to tell me that "We are getting too many referrals from you.". I'm sorry, but after ten years of this, I can recognize the shit when it's offered to me. Let's see...you throw away all my visuals, put me in a trailer with no real source of running water and expect me to teach art? The sad thing is that I still love the look on a kid's face when he finally gets it, or when I teach him to use his natural creativity. I still love teaching art. I'm just not up for the bull anymore.
At work, I've been told I'm writing too many office referrals, and I really don't feel like going into the whole story, but the bottom line is that I'm not really going to change anything that I'm doing. In faculty meetings, they tell us that we need students to learn how to work independently, yet none of the children really have the skills to do this yet. In art, they have to do this, so my way of looking at this whole this is that I'm ahead of the curve. I was told at one meeting a month ago that, "Ms. G.W. hardly writes any referrals, so when she does it's a big deal." (Direct quote from administrator) Than last week, I was pulled into some meeting which frankly was some lame cock-and-bull story that was a cover for the "real" meeting which was to tell me that "We are getting too many referrals from you.". I'm sorry, but after ten years of this, I can recognize the shit when it's offered to me. Let's see...you throw away all my visuals, put me in a trailer with no real source of running water and expect me to teach art? The sad thing is that I still love the look on a kid's face when he finally gets it, or when I teach him to use his natural creativity. I still love teaching art. I'm just not up for the bull anymore.
# posted by Christa @ 5:23 PM 
