My friend Annie Cristina is constantly posting confession blogs over on my sweet old etcetera. So today I decided to write my own little list of confessions… today’s list will have a bit of a “teacher” flair.
My favorite letter to handwrite is “f”, it just looks so pretty!
Some days I love going to work, some days I don’t want to be there as much as my students don’t.
I don’t use a red pen to correct my students’ work… I use a green sparkly one because it looks happier. I hated getting papers back all covered in red, it just looks so angry and mean.
Seeing a student start to improve on a skill that they’ve been having trouble with is one of the best feelings in the world.
Originally I wanted to teach university Genetics and Microbiology (that’s what my degree is for) but I have found that I love teaching Elementary and Middle school Special Needs.
I think for the most part, the school system is broken and failing our students. Even though the teachers try hard, too many of them give up and just go through the motions. That’s my biggest fear.
So any other teachers have any confessions they want to share?
Yay for confessions posts! And I feel the same way about red pens — I use them to grade mundane things, like quizzes or multiple choice exams, things that get filed and the students don’t see. But if it’s an essay or something I plan on handing back to students, I normally use green or purple ink. I agree with you also on the school system rant — my local school system places financial needs above our students’ needs. The way I see it, at least our students have teachers like us, who care about them first.