Showing posts with label responsibility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label responsibility. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Big R responsibility

A teacher at school is not playing with a full deck - specifically, she is allowing the Hulk to bully her and has run in retreat. She has been out 2 weeks already due to "mental stress" and is SOOOO stressed out that she is unable to email her lessons to the department chair.

I am not the department chair.

So, why do I feel like I should call this person up and ask if I should take care of her classes?

Repeat after me: it is not my job. No one would appreciate it. I would be enabling. It is not my job.

She would no more copy my classwork for me than fly in on her broom. Why do I feel like I should create work for her class. Nope, feeling passed.

There. I feel better now.

Monday, September 28, 2009

It's not my fault!!

Student (who spent 6 weeks incarcerated, I don't know for what) asked me what he was missing and needed to catch up on to bring his grade up "I wasn't here, but it's not like it was my fault."

Another student, complaining about my assigning a test for tomorrow, because he will be retaking a state test (for the 3rd time): "It's not my fault I won't be here."

Student, who has slept through every class for the past several weeks and is not failing. "How do I bring my grade up? It's not my fault."

Student, who finally turns something in (2 weeks after it was due) and needs it graded now so she'll be passing when she goes to court: "You need to grade this - it's not my fault."

Teacher, explaining why she is dumping her work on me after she picked it. "I'm overwhelmed. It's not my fault."

Hey, a little personal responsibility goes a long way.