Friday, November 30, 2007
Before I Go On...
Before I go on to the crux of this writing, I want you to know that this is not an expose`. I have not the urge nor need to make it such. My purpose is to let all of you know what it is really like from the inside. Parents should be the ultimate consumers of this service we provide, even though it is a governmental service. Many of "us," meaning those in the field, have the feelings I will express, BUT most will not let them be known. People know of the phrase, "Company man." That is the way quite a few of my colleagues act towards the proverbial,"powers that be." No one seems to want to take the time or take THE CHANCE to make things work for our kids. But I sure as hell do.
Friday, November 23, 2007
New beginning
As stated before in "schoolhousemyass.blogspot.com" I wanted to take this in a different direction. My constant confidant and reality-check(er), Jodie, said I should write a book about my experiences in education without making it fictional. Well, this is the book, though some names have been changed to protect myself from legal bullshit. (Any of you who think it is something about you are probably right though, unless you are even more stupid and self-centered than I already believe you are.)
I have been wallowing in this field for the better part of the last two decades and still have no fucking idea what I am doing. I want you to know that I do not mean that is a nebulous, "my head is permanently in the sand, or up my ass as far as that goes," manner. I truthfully mean that things change every second when one deals with the human teenager, so... It is not possible to, "know what you are doing." I have styles that work, for some, and ideas that I can impart to colleagues, but nothing I say or do works in every, or even most, case(s).
I often get overwhelmed just by the sheer enormity of my task. I have no God complex, so you may as well get that out of your mind right now. I do not see myself as, "The Great ...(anything you choose to insert)... Hope." I do, though, consider myself one of the billions of "Keepers of the Keys." Our children are our future and we CONSTANTLY do them the disservice of forcing them to comply with outdated rule and regulations based on some time that I find it difficult to believe has any REAL bearing on today's society. For instance, the entire compulsory school system with set rules dating back to the early 1900s, makes no sense in 2007. What about the absolute segregation of kids by economics? I know I can, and do, make a difference each day. I believe in my kids, but I need them (and their parents/family) to do the same. More importantly, I see the need to get the rest of the nation to see that what we are doing throughout the United States is the wrong damned approach. We ALL have a stake in ALL of our children and ALL of society.
You "lily-white," motherfuckers need to come down out of your ivory towers and make things better, and not through another donation. All of you who are talking about the environment seem to be forgetting that education of those in our own country will be much easier than trying to get someone else, as is always the way we fucking do things, to do what WE want. Help me to affect the, "paradigm shift," that is being so touted within the environmental community lately. I do not deny that we have treated the planet like shit, but I am much more worried about how we treat our neighbors.
In the year 2007 we should never have to hear things about race relations. Over two hundred years as a country and we still have fundamental differences with folks due to their SKIN COLOR???? What the fuck is wrong????? This goes for the bitching within your own communities as well. "Light-skinneded vs. dark-skinneded," light and dark complexion, ivory skin, yellow skin. I suppose we will always need to use certian words as descriptors, but is should never be used in a derogatory manner. And, how in the hell did someone let a phrase using the word, "skinneded," become acceptable in any way shape or form. Here again is something the educators should have made happen. We as a group have dropped the ball, BUT, with a ggreat deal of work and an even greated amount of luck, we may be able to pick it back up. I have some ideas but will give you some background first. Here we go..!
I have been wallowing in this field for the better part of the last two decades and still have no fucking idea what I am doing. I want you to know that I do not mean that is a nebulous, "my head is permanently in the sand, or up my ass as far as that goes," manner. I truthfully mean that things change every second when one deals with the human teenager, so... It is not possible to, "know what you are doing." I have styles that work, for some, and ideas that I can impart to colleagues, but nothing I say or do works in every, or even most, case(s).
I often get overwhelmed just by the sheer enormity of my task. I have no God complex, so you may as well get that out of your mind right now. I do not see myself as, "The Great ...(anything you choose to insert)... Hope." I do, though, consider myself one of the billions of "Keepers of the Keys." Our children are our future and we CONSTANTLY do them the disservice of forcing them to comply with outdated rule and regulations based on some time that I find it difficult to believe has any REAL bearing on today's society. For instance, the entire compulsory school system with set rules dating back to the early 1900s, makes no sense in 2007. What about the absolute segregation of kids by economics? I know I can, and do, make a difference each day. I believe in my kids, but I need them (and their parents/family) to do the same. More importantly, I see the need to get the rest of the nation to see that what we are doing throughout the United States is the wrong damned approach. We ALL have a stake in ALL of our children and ALL of society.
You "lily-white," motherfuckers need to come down out of your ivory towers and make things better, and not through another donation. All of you who are talking about the environment seem to be forgetting that education of those in our own country will be much easier than trying to get someone else, as is always the way we fucking do things, to do what WE want. Help me to affect the, "paradigm shift," that is being so touted within the environmental community lately. I do not deny that we have treated the planet like shit, but I am much more worried about how we treat our neighbors.
In the year 2007 we should never have to hear things about race relations. Over two hundred years as a country and we still have fundamental differences with folks due to their SKIN COLOR???? What the fuck is wrong????? This goes for the bitching within your own communities as well. "Light-skinneded vs. dark-skinneded," light and dark complexion, ivory skin, yellow skin. I suppose we will always need to use certian words as descriptors, but is should never be used in a derogatory manner. And, how in the hell did someone let a phrase using the word, "skinneded," become acceptable in any way shape or form. Here again is something the educators should have made happen. We as a group have dropped the ball, BUT, with a ggreat deal of work and an even greated amount of luck, we may be able to pick it back up. I have some ideas but will give you some background first. Here we go..!
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