Bong Bears His Soul.... (your chance to hit him now!) - Bilge

T tikicleen Tiki Socialite ripon: almond capital yet no orgeat Joined: Nov 11, 2003 Posts: 338	T tikicleen Posted posted on Mon, Mar 21, 2005 8:41 AM WARNING, rather lengthy public school rant below as i sit here, in front of my public school issued laptop and in the funky-smelling mold-producing 1972 trailer (with yellow-jackets...YES, yellow-jackets living in the hole-littered walls and ceiling) which is 'parked' in a far away corner of the school, i have to say that bong's situation really chaps my hide. what is up with public schools and special ed? dont they realize that they have the highest burn-out rate due to stress? wouldnt it make SENSE to offer and let employees TAKE vacation time? shouldnt time off be ENCOURAGED to people genuinely interested in this teaching area to guarantee future teachers? i almost fell into a similar trap a year ago with our dandy administration. the hat won an all-expense paid trip to the super bowl and i had to take a week off. i filled out the appropriate forms and right before i turned them in, the principal luckily informed me that i should NOT report the reason why i need these days off. we have "personal necessity" days in which you do not (and SHOULD not) have to put an explanation for time off. maybe this is a little after the fact, but bong--didnt you have to join some sort of union with this job? if so, i think you could cream your district with this situation. what also really steams me is that there are some really sucky-ass sped teachers who dont do CRAP all day long. they view their class as glorified baby-sitting and get excited when they get a really severe kid tranferring into their classroom because that usually means an extra aide. (wow! more people to do THEIR job) i have the pleasure of working with one of these teachers (who i firmly believe is autistic due to his horrible pragmatics and eye contact--it is constantly on my chest!) it is such a shame to hear that a school district is shooing away an excellent candidate for special ed due to a vacation. a vacation!??! ugh...this disgusts me. kevin, i really hope you stick with this. as you probably already know, if you can put up with the administration bs, the job is extremely rewarding intrinsically.

WARNING, rather lengthy public school rant below

as i sit here, in front of my public school issued laptop and in the funky-smelling mold-producing 1972 trailer (with yellow-jackets...YES, yellow-jackets living in the hole-littered walls and ceiling) which is 'parked' in a far away corner of the school, i have to say that bong's situation really chaps my hide. what is up with public schools and special ed? dont they realize that they have the highest burn-out rate due to stress? wouldnt it make SENSE to offer and let employees TAKE vacation time? shouldnt time off be ENCOURAGED to people genuinely interested in this teaching area to guarantee future teachers?

i almost fell into a similar trap a year ago with our dandy administration. the hat won an all-expense paid trip to the super bowl and i had to take a week off. i filled out the appropriate forms and right before i turned them in, the principal luckily informed me that i should NOT report the reason why i need these days off. we have "personal necessity" days in which you do not (and SHOULD not) have to put an explanation for time off.

maybe this is a little after the fact, but bong--didnt you have to join some sort of union with this job? if so, i think you could cream your district with this situation.

what also really steams me is that there are some really sucky-ass sped teachers who dont do CRAP all day long. they view their class as glorified baby-sitting and get excited when they get a really severe kid tranferring into their classroom because that usually means an extra aide. (wow! more people to do THEIR job) i have the pleasure of working with one of these teachers (who i firmly believe is autistic due to his horrible pragmatics and eye contact--it is constantly on my chest!) it is such a shame to hear that a school district is shooing away an excellent candidate for special ed due to a vacation. a vacation!??! ugh...this disgusts me.

kevin, i really hope you stick with this. as you probably already know, if you can put up with the administration bs, the job is extremely rewarding intrinsically.

Post #148105 by tikicleen on Mon, Mar 21, 2005 8:41 AM