A Tough Week

Warning: The following rant contains language that is not appropriate for all family members. If you are offended by swearing, go the fuck away.

Until now, I have not told you about the stupid bitch who is on my team. I had held out hope that she would relax and become a decent teacher. That has not panned out, and I'm done. Our social studies teacher is, as the kids describe her, EVIL. She is an older woman who has gone into teaching later in life, and expects the kids to sit quietly, read the book, fill out worksheets, and actually learn something. She has no interest in trying to teach at their level- for crying out loud- they spent an entire week going over Amendments that were never ratified!!! She is also very disorganized, loses their work (at first I thought the kids were making this up, but there are parents who actually photocopy their kids' work, then hand it in themselves, and she still swears they didn't hand it in)! When one of my kids is suspended or receiving an F, it's usually because of her. The rest of us try to encourage each baby step we see, but all she sees is that the student is not perfect, and berates him/her. I've had BOYS who don't really worry about school, break down in tears at how unfair the situtation is. I keep encouraging the kids that if they have a problem with ANY teacher (even me), to get their parents involved. However, as you can imagine, most of them don't have the PTA type parents.

Last week, when T was suspended for 3 days because of her, I decided I've had enough. I don't care if I'm non-tenured. I don't care if I don't get rehired next year. I don't care if they think I'm a racist and that's why I don't like this bitch. FUCK THEM- my kids deserve a quality education. I went to administration, I went to the student assistance counselors and asked them to monitor her classroom, I have allowed the kids to vent their frustration as they need to (never directly contributing myself). It took every ounce of strength I had not to snatch that fake hair off her head and body slam her into a wall. We have tried to talk to her about her behavior management several times, and she assures us all is well and normal. I refuse to even talk to her any more, or listen when she opens her fat, stupid mouth. While it flies in the face of all that I beleive in-- I hate this cunt and I hope she gets hit by a fucking bus.

I am also sporting a softball-sized bruise on my back. There was a huge fight on Thursday, and while trying to hold the crowd (300+ kids) back, I was nailed in the back with an elbow. In total, two kids will be expelled, five are suspended, and thirteen are on in-school suspension... all girls. Thursday was a rough one. In the melee, I told one of my kids I'd give him 20 extra-credit points if he'd help get people away- he ran the opposite way, and like lemmings to a cliff, about thirty kids followed him to see what was going on- that was worth 20 points to me. I love that kid!

Parent-teacher conferences are Monday night. I'll get out of school, race the 50 miles home, let the dog out, then race back to stay until 8 o'clock, drive the hour home again, only to get up at 4:30 Tues to go to school. We couldn't do it Wed (no school Thurs), because I work with the biggest bunch of churchy people who couldn't give up one night of church to do their fucking job. Don't get me wrong- if someone has beliefs that give them strength and comfort, I'm happy for them. However, my problem with these people (and I've seen it many other times in many other places), is that their attendance in a building is more important to them than helping out someone else. There are four of us who drive at least an hour, and Wed would have been much better for us, but NOOOOOO, we have to show our hypocritical fucking faces in a fucking building, or our God won't love us any more. When I worked retail, one of the girls' mom passed away, and the funeral was Wed night. Of the three "Christians" and myself who worked there, I ended up covering her shift (making a 16 hour day for me), because they all had church. I realize that there are decent people out there of all faiths (and assholes, for that matter), but I'm really tired of certain groups being given preferrence over others. Anyway, I'm beginning to sound like Seeker, so I should go and try to gain some positive energy. Have a great weekend, all.