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When was the last time you got reproached?
269 sats \ 9 comments \ @cryotosensei 14h AskSN
Was so frustrated with my fifth graders that I forced them to stand for 30 minutes and gave them a piece of my mind yesterday. Threw some of their files on the floor because they were missing certain worksheets.
Got called into the vice principal’s office today. She told me in no uncertain terms that I wasn’t supposed to do that because this constituted as corporal punishment. Throwing files also violated the dignity of my students.
Oops. Looks like I got carried away by my passion for teaching and overstepped certain occupational norms prevalent in the teaching service. Looks like I would have to rein in my brazen ways because they are deemed taboo for my new bosses’ liking.
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136 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 8h
I got reprimanded for my teaching on two occasions.
The first was because I re-used an old test, word for word. Even though the test a few years old, apparently some fraternity had gotten a copy of it and some students had studied off of it, and others who didn't have access to the test complained.
The second was because I was sitting down to teach one of my classes (it's because I use my ipad as a whiteboard projected onto the screen basically.) I didn't think it'd be a big deal because I still get up to point to the screen when necessary, but apparently a reviewer thought that sitting down while teaching makes me look lazy or something? So now I stand instead of sit while writing on the ipad.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7h
Oh, haha and how could I forget. I also got reprimanded because when we first returned to in-person class from COVID, I made my class half in-person half online. I thought I had the flexibility to do that, but apparently we were mandated to go fully in-person (had something to do with administrative rules on counting the number of face-to-face instructional hours)
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44 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 11h
Don't feel too bad. In our local public school district you would have been fired on the spot. It may sound harsh, and it is stupid, but then the union rep would work out a deal where the teacher would stay home and receive full pay and benefits for life.
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 8h
union rep would work out a deal where the teacher would stay home and receive full pay and benefits for life
let's not give him any ideas
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 8h
Good point
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 9h
sounds like the best path is to become a teacher, have an outburst, get fired, and get on the union milkers!
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8h
It's been a long time. Unless you want to count my wife. Haha
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 9h
We had a German teacher (he wasn't German himself) who was prone to massive rage outbursts if there was any fucking about in his class.
We all liked him and we are a little bit afraid of him, but there was a respect there, the special kind that only the fear of corporal punishment can inspire.
If I were the principal, i would have commended you, but who knows, kids and parents these days
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zion 7h
It’s understandable to feel frustrated, but physical or humiliating punishments can harm the teacher/student relationship
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