Well, I taught high school English so I saw at least some of the same kids from year to year. It was bittersweet to see some of them graduate, absolutely. You do get attached. I loved my Creative Writing students, for example, because they were usually very bright, wanted to be there, and I could pull out some of my more creative/off-the-wall teaching strategies (if I'm really honest, though, for most I couldn't wait to see the back of their heads). Mostly the "turnover" I saw more as an out-with-the-old fresh start -- another chance to "get it right" (if I ever did).
Also, I had several sections of the same age/class (i.e., freshman English -- I had three different classes of these students in one day). Each class responded to the material in a different way, so even though I was teaching the same thing, I had to approach it in a different way for each group of students, especially since they were mostly grouped by ability (low English skills, moderate, high, etc.). All kids, all years, responded to the material differently. You just have to figure out how they'll take to it and tailor your method appropriately. But, yes, the thought of "Oh, boy, April is next month when I have to teach Romeo and Juliet AGAIN" was a factor. I tried to find new ways of teaching the same stuff, just so it wouldn't be such a drag for me. I didn't teach for very long ... a few years. -----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 12:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Did a 5 hour tour of my daughters' school Saturday. How did it feel as a teacher when you had a favorite class, or students....and they left? I mean...they're going to leave. Is it like working in an office as the boss, and every year your entire staff changes? And the material...how did it feel teaching the same things year after year? Does the fact that you're teaching it to different students make up for that? On Jan 28, 2008 2:19 PM, Shawna Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a former teacher, I've always been in awe of the Montessori method and > its outstanding results ... I wish, wish, wish we'd been taught how to > implement even minor Montessori methods in our education classes (it was > kind of treated like a dirty word) ... instead we were drilled more on how > to proctor standardized tests ... **sigh** and some people wonder why I'm > not a teacher anymore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
