Reflection
It’s 12:05 AM and I’m dreadfully tired but I can’t sleep. I’ll catch up this weekend. This week has been good. With two interviews I feel like I’m at least doing something to make things happen. Djembe started work in the new city. He’s been there some and here some. Several good prospects have come to light. We’ll see how many lights stay on. I really want the first interview job, but do not believe that it will happen. It irks the snot of me that coaches dominate the social studies scene. There is such an academic push, but if there is a coach schools want to go that route. Not that there aren’t good teachers who can coach, but too many times they put coaching first and teaching second. It’s like a coach/teacher told me this past year. Which of my roles is going to get me fired if performance is not top notch? COACHING!
THS lost another teacher this week. No murder or suicide involved. He died of a heart attack. Truly sad. He was a great teacher and a good man. I was shocked to find out. He had just returned from a trip to Paris where he had chaperoned students. (He taught French.) Because he had lunch duty I saw him frequently. The last time we spoke he wished me well with leaving THS and starting a new chapter of our life. THS lost a good teacher. He was one who cared about his students and treated everyone with respect. He was friendly and just an all around good guy. I know that death is part of life, but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with.
June 15 2007 12:16 am | Private
June 15th, 2007 at 6:42 am
Amen to the coach/teachers. A few could teach, but most didn’t teach, or at least that was my experience.
Sorry to hear about you losing another teacher friend.
June 15th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Thanks Sage, it’s been a rough year for the district. The third (that I know of) lost to death and there was another put on leave for allegations made on a private trip- not involving students.