One pissed off teacher.

I am the pissed off teacher. Why? Well, it started last week when I copied an article about teacher effectiveness for the teachers in my high school, http://t.co/OxtXZ74o. I was in the workroom when a fellow teacher (a good buddy of mine) looked at the article, made a disgusted face and threw the article in the trashcan. I told him that I was the one that copied it and he pretty much said 'Oh well.' That just lit a fire under my ass and pissed me off. How can a person teaching these kids not care about being an effective teacher?

Now let me admit that I am not one of those teachers that believes they are better at teaching than everyone else, because, trust me, there are many things I need to work on in the classroom (I will get to that in a later post). I believe that we need to grow as an educators. To do that we must continue to learn and get better as time goes on. Teaching is not static, it is ever changing, and we must continue to grow and learn. Why don't other teachers see that? Are they there just for the paycheck? What can we do to change the mindset of those teachers? Or are they just a lost cause?

Why did this piss me off so much, because teaching is my life, my passion, my love. Others that don't view education the same way just tick me off. I know most educators care about what they do and how they do it, while others justwant a paycheck. Those people need to get out of education as quickly as they can. Just leave, forget the paycheck and do something thay you enjoy.

Thanks for listen to me rant and rave.
Hope you have a great break. Me I can't wait till next Wednesday when I get to see my students again.
Mr. Love