Motivation

I am still drowning with no help from my co-teachers. Two of them will help in the classroom (with discipline, teaching), one is still a thorn in my side. She is one of those people who delights in pointing out your faults to other people.

No one does any of the other stuff associated with teaching. Grading papers, copying, taking roll, creating material to use (even creating crossword puzzles when it was one of them that suggested it and pointed out how to).

A friend suggested that since Funsucker wants to teach, let her. Spend the time doing all of the other stuff and helping.

Funsucker does things in itty bitty steps. To calculate overtime pay, multiply the rate times the overtime amount. Then multiply this times the time. Since these kids cannot understand that you don't round til the end (I said it in one class ten times) the answer they get is not the answer I get.

More steps means more opportunity for error.

I did learn something last week. Funsucker wants to be a general ed teacher. They switched an English sped (special ed) teacher to general ed last year, so she thinks she will get it. Since there are very few (less than 5) math sped teachers in this county for high school, it isn't likely to happen. And this is a person who doesn't handle frustration well.

Ick.