I'd rather work for a thoroughly screwed up school run by people in New Orleans than a thoroughly screwed up school run by people based elsewhere who think they know what's best for New Orleans. I'd rather work for the Recovery School District than work for Chicago.
I had to console myself many times this year with the knowledge that no matter how many mistakes I made as a new teacher I couldn't possibly mess up these kids' education any more than it already had been. Amongst my special ed. students was a 5th grader who wasn't identified for special ed. until December 2005 and who still can't read, can't spell want or with or could or write a complete sentence on his own and a 14 year old 6th grader with a learning disability who reads at a 2nd grade level and a 5th grader who missed at least 60 days this school year to get her hair done and because the bus didn't pick her up directly in front of her house. It breaks my heart the way these kids have been left behind.
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Date: 2009-06-27 08:04 pm (UTC)I had to console myself many times this year with the knowledge that no matter how many mistakes I made as a new teacher I couldn't possibly mess up these kids' education any more than it already had been. Amongst my special ed. students was a 5th grader who wasn't identified for special ed. until December 2005 and who still can't read, can't spell want or with or could or write a complete sentence on his own and a 14 year old 6th grader with a learning disability who reads at a 2nd grade level and a 5th grader who missed at least 60 days this school year to get her hair done and because the bus didn't pick her up directly in front of her house. It breaks my heart the way these kids have been left behind.
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