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morgelfy t1_iueclh4 wrote

Reply to comment by pillbinge in Leominster Math Teacher 10th 11th 12th by Maronita2020

So fucking true. I was handed a 3rd prep this year One day before classes started. 150 students, senseless weekly meetings about how to provide feedback when I could use the time to .... Provide feedback. I HATE it. But, I've been in for 22 years. Trying to push through so I can have health care in retirement. It's not the students, it's the administration bullshit. Evaluations are the worst too.

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pillbinge t1_iufc1kv wrote

That's the worst. Meeting about how to do something instead of giving people time to do something. I'm convinced that's the most vicious, real form of bureaucracy there is. So many meetings about so many things that don't matter - probably to keep teachers from just preparing better so that they're better at their jobs.

That's the big thing at my previous school. We had advisory, like every other school I know of, but it was always better used for just giving kids time to do work. Projects and other bullshit occupied time, but the mundane, lay-of-the-land solution was "give people time to do what they need". Always bothered me.

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