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The first thing you need to do is establish your disipline plan; rules and consequences. Be very firm with these. You have to have a good disiplined class before any of the other stuff even matters. In other words if your students are not disiplined then it will not matter what you teach because they will not be listening anyway. As far as what you teach, that depends on what grade you are teaching or your subject matter. Get with some other teachers in your area or grade level and they will help you out I'm sure.\n\ntosmith \nhighschool math teacher
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A very good system, but like any teaching it is the individual teacher that counts, some are good some are bad. I changed my class coz I wasn't happy with the first teacher.
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I teach jr. high self-contained special ed. My district has no curriculum for that....hhmmmm, so I teach English, reading, soc. stud. science, and math every day to my self-contained class and I do ALL the curriculum myself, every day,  something different and exciting, for 6 hours every day,as well as all the tons of extra paperwork demanded by special education "in my spare time"  OMG, WHAT was I thinking!!!!  lol
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I understand your frustration.  I have taught high school for 8 years and it is very discouraging at times to see the situations that exist in the classroom.  First of all, there is a mandate that Special Education students be mainstreamed into the general classroom population.  I have had a class of 34 students with 9 Spec. Ed. students (this is becoming more and more typical).  There are supposed to be teacher's aides to help in classes like that, but school budgets are spent so unwisely, at times, that there is no money for a teacher's aide for every teacher with a significant amount of Spec. Ed. students (who either have a learning disability, a behavioral disability, or an emotional disability).  This leaves the teacher and the students at a disadvantage.  Teachers now use more time on class management than on class instruction.  And, it's not just because of Spec. Ed. students.  For some reason many students like to "dumb down" on their own as to not be ridiculed by their peers for being too smart, a nerd, or a "lame".  School administration look at teachers with disdain and often let go of teachers with too high of a failure rate, so many teachers, when presented with a class or classes that do not produce on the expected level then create a curriculum that they feel the students have a chance to pass, even if it does not prepare a student to be on level.  Our educational system is in deep need of reforms that work, not just reforms that look good on paper but have no substance or effectiveness in the classroom or to the students.  I try to prepare students for high school and beyond, whether they are college bound, interested in vocational training, or ready to work once they graduate.  Teaching is a many tiered profession (teacher, counselor, mentor) if children are to be educated properly.  I worry about the same things you do, but I also know that the big decisions about education often do not rest upon  teachers' shoulders, but on an administration that is often too long out of the classroom to remember or know the things that work and the things that do not.  I only hope that it gets better before it continues getting worse.
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There is research showing everything.  Most teachers do show growth in their students in a school year.  Not all students are on grade level but they show some growth.
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Yes!! Sub teachers are people like us who come in and give out a worksheet for you to take an hour to do. They are not the ultimate lecturer. They are in most cases the people you want to end up in your class (if your teacher is a prude)! But there are some that want to actually be teachers and try to give a student pure hell. However if the sub is the person who gives you a hard time pray about it and just know that chances are they wont be there tommorrow!!
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Depends on the like though! I've aways wanted my teachers to like me because i was good at my work,but teachers are human, we tend to see them as walking encyclopedias - it would be good to know them as they really are people with feelings, family, dreams like everyone else too don't you think?
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A good teacher will seek additional help for the child as well as work as many interventions into the classroom as possible.  Discussions with parents and other school staff would also be happening.   Also, talk with the student, sometimes knowing you have someone trust worthy to talk to can help a lot!
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Well, perhaps that's where the world is going. Nowadays teachers not only have to teach, but according to the government take over teaching values, respect, sex education, handling money & social skills. Perhaps they are now expected to do the learning for the students too?!? Hmmmm, interesting thought....
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Face it, who is getting paid to "teach" the children, Teachers are.  In todays society, people want someone else to blame and since we are getting paid to work with the children, we shoulder the blame.  It is not fair, I agree.  When I see a child for 45 min. a day, approximately 180 days a year, I should not be the fall-guy.  Get real!
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Because they are only human and fallible.  Why do we treat anybody the way we do? Teachers are no different than anyone else.  Having said that, teachers have a responsibility to be impartial and fair to all of their students even if they don't like them.  It's called professionalism
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teachers are fu  ck tards sometimes .. isssuesssssssssss
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Get a teacher that will work only with you.Most public libraries offer this kind of service.
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teacher are a peaic of shit
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Can you talk with your teacher?  I don't know what level of school you're in, but most teachers everywhere really do want to be there for their students and will bend over backwards to help if the student is truly willing to *try*.\n\nYou might be able to reach an agreement, or work out getting some extra help, a tutor, or do some extra project homeworks for additional points. \n\nI come from a family of teachers--my dad, my mom, my aunt, my mother-in-law, and my brother are all teachers.  The one thing I've heard them all say, is that when the student is doing their best, they're going to give them the breaks they need.  The caveat in there, of course, is, are you doing what you have to, to earn the grade?
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I taught in a public school for three years.  The "powers that be" actually told me to stop grading for grammatical and spelling errors, saying all of my students would fail.  That is a travesty.  From my perspective as a teacher, ignorance (which is what I believe you are really asking) is on the rise.  Despite compulsory education, it almost appears to me that we are reverting to a 19th century-like model with an educated few and masses of ignorance.
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