Nonsensical...

In the teaching profession it is imperative that teachers attend workshops and seminars in order to get continuing education units (CEUs). Teachers need these CEUs in order to keep their teaching license active.

Here in the county, the school board doesn't see the value in paying for teachers to go to professional development. As a result, certain faculty will not be able to renew their teaching licenses.

It would be one thing if the school board lacked sufficient funds to pay for said professional development, but this is not the case. The school board just paid to send the principal to an Asian country for 5 days to recruit new teachers. This includes airfare, accommodations, and transportation. Guess how many teachers our fearless leader brought back?

What is more cost effective; an all expense paid trip to an Asian country to recruit teachers that need visa sponsorship, assistance with green cards, and continuing education units, or paying for less than 100 teachers to go to at least one workshop or conference per year?

The struggle is real...

Side hustle...

I have seen it all. You know times are hard when the school security officer is selling candy to the children.

Extra cash

The struggle is real...

The best thing about this place...

The beauty of living in the nether regions of our beloved country

Where else can I see a movie for $6.00?

Enemies of progress...

The motto of the county should be as follows:

"Progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering."

Enemies of progress

How does the county discourage progress?

1. Segregated school system -- black kids go to public school, and white kids get home schooled or go to private school
2. The elected superintendent creates positions for his incompetent friends, appoints his friends to the school board, and gives his friends vacant positions in the school district
3. Black people don't pay taxes since they receive government assistance, so their roads don't get paved

The struggle is real...

Soaring high...

Here in the county as we aspire to acquire something, we seem to have lost our way and have thus fallen short of the honor of being named a “C” district. This God fearing state wouldn't even condescend to rate us as a "D" district. How did this misfortune fall into our lap?

1. Lack of parental involvement
2. Ineffective Inclusion program
3. Inability of parents to assist their children with school work

   

   District Report Card

4. No professional development
5. No learning or reading specialists
6. No interventionists
7. No educational consultants
8. No communication between administration and faculty
9. No professional learning communities (PLCs)
10. No teacher support team (TST)

This truly is a recipe for success…

We all need a friend...

Teachers have grown accustomed to little gestures like an apple on their desk or a note left on their desk by a student. We even enjoy the miscellaneous school supplies and candies that often find their way onto our desk since they can be re-gifted to other students with little inconvenience to our purse.

Something we do not expect to find is a little friend lurking inside our desk drawers. One teacher had the misfortune of finding a live mouse when she reached into her desk drawer.

I now know cleanliness is a top priority here in the county...

Something worth fighting for...

Each day young scholars take a stand to fight for a noble cause. Some people fight to end social injustices while others take up arms in self defense. Still others fight for less noble causes. 

Recently, one young scholar, student A, took up arms for a "less than noble cause". What was the less than noble cause in question? A bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Freed from the strict rules of the classroom and free to join the zoo in the hallway, student A seized the opportunity to enjoy a light snack on the way to his next class. 

Unfortunately, another student, student B, wanted to join in on the merriment of eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos, so he asked to sample this delicacy. Deeply offended by this request, student A proceeded to shove student B and then grab student B by the neck and shove him against the nearest wall.

The culprit

I suppose we all must protect what is near and dear to us even if it is a bag of chips. 

The struggle is real...