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Originally Posted by pgardn
OH MY GOD!
Somebody understands...
The no child left behind stuff requires so many extra aides
for special ed kids. Our district has to pay for so much more staff, etc...
in order to meet the mandated needs that were unfunded. (The funds
come directly from the taxpayers in the school area in this state)
I sit in a room for one whole period (47 minutes) waiting for kids to come in
that need one on one. Sometimes no one shows up. I cannot
leave to go help somewhere else, like double team in a Physics class
for that time, where one teacher is trying to do a lab with 30 kids.
Leaving is against the unfunded mandate. Our school could potentially
lose other money if I go help. I was picked for this job because I can make
the kids understand. But I could help so many more. It is a misuse of
manpower.
And the body fat study. They frggn pulled kids out of my class to
make them walk around a track and pinch them. We have stuff to do.
I lost valuable instructional time. Those are PHYSICS minutes, do I get
my PHYSICS minutes back with those kids? And yes I could have told
you which kids are fat and which are not. But I guess the fed. government
wants exact numbers. I want my time back that I lost with those kids.
You touched a raw nerve.
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sorry about the raw nerve. it chaps my azz whenever I read about this stuff. thought about teaching, am sure i couldn't take the administrative b.s.
don't mean to hijack the thread, just got going on my most recent rant.