It’s been a while, Oppo

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve) 01/22/2019 at 13:28 • Filed to: Worklopnik, Middle School

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Today is a teacher workday and I’m in a classroom that may or may not become mine within the next few hour s. They don’t know exactly where they want to put me and I don’t even have a roster for the class that starts tomorrow. Gotta love overcrowded, underfunded school systems. I spent two weeks in seventh grade doing NCFE test prep. The kids were good save for one in every class and four in the last block of the day.

Anyway, I am loving the environment despite the challenges. I’m sure my decade of experience as security in a bar can help. Some of these 13-14 year olds are as big as me.

Here is proof I’m in a middle school:

ttyymmnn > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:30

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Proof. LOL.

shop-teacher > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:33

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Classic!

You still student teaching?  I’ve lost track of time.

Your boy, BJR > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:34

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I’d go out of my way to get that room and insist they don’t fix it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:35

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I took my son and his 13 YO friend skiing, the Yo Mama jokes were flying. We also looked up obscene photos of fruit on my phone, ie potatoes that look like a butt.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:42

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Kind of how my career began 16 years ago except that they waited until 7:45 in the morning on the first day of school to tell me that I couldn’t be with the kids because they didn’t have my fingerprints and I wouldn’t be paid. Turns out they didn’t know how to spell my name and my prints had been there all along. I can only now fully appreciate what missing those first three days of school must have cost me.

Teaching science is no joke.

I like the sign outside your door. What fascinates me is homophobic boys drawing pictures of penises all day long.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > shop-teacher 01/22/2019 at 13:44

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Student teaching ended... badly. But I’m at a high-need title I school teaching 8th grade science. 

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:55

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Thats a class part of me wants to be in..the other part wants to run away from

Chariotoflove > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 13:57

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Badly?!

Future Heap Owner > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 14:02

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Hey, glad to see you back. Good luck with all the new (to you)  students!

facw > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 14:02

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Lazy middle- schoolers didn’t even sand down the braille to match! Not nice to not include the blind in your joke.  Can’t even be bothered to get rid of 5 dots...

shop-teacher > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 14:10

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OK.  I assume you made it out the other side, and are working now then?

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 14:14

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I work in an engineering building with a good thousand people.  Believe me, the assroom doesn’t stop in middle school.

KnowsAboutCars > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 14:33

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Lol. “Assroom” would be quite apt description of the classroom I’m operating in at least on some days.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/22/2019 at 14:57

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You know as well as I, middle schoolers don’t have anything figured out. And many adults never moved beyond that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/22/2019 at 15:03

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I’d argue the same for 17-year-olds. Hopefully, we parents can help them move beyond that.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/22/2019 at 15:06

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God knows we’re trying.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/22/2019 at 15:08

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And likely achieving a measure of success.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/22/2019 at 15:17

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It’s hit or miss. As in all things.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Chariotoflove 01/22/2019 at 18:42

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My cooperating teacher was hostile the whole time but I tried to keep a positive attitude. It didn’t help that 4th grade was wrong for me anyway.

When my hours were up, they told me to get out. 

Chariotoflove > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/22/2019 at 18:48

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I’m sorry to hear it was a bad experience. The last I remember was you enjoying school. I hope you’re back to that now with the 8th grade.

A lot of people do better with kids of specific ages and just seem to connect better than with others