Inner City English Teacher

Inner City English Teacher

TiredTeacher

NY Metro Area, NJ

Female, 37

I teach English to 11th grade inner city students. I love my students and do whatever I can to help them succeed, which is quite a mission. These kids face obstacles most of us cannot even imagine: gangs, incarcerated parents, domestic violence and much more. Everyday I read journal entries that would curl your toes...and often I feel I compromise my ethics to get these kids to pass, which I am very conflicted about. Many pass who, frankly, should not.

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Last Answer on June 01, 2014

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Hello Mrs. Teacher do teachers lie when they say they don’t have students they don’t like as well as favorites. Being fair is one thing but there has to be some who you like more then others as well as dislike

Asked by Hhh over 4 years ago

 

Have you ever had a student fake or dramatize a disability to opt out of stuff and/or get special attention?

Asked by Jw almost 6 years ago

 

Question what do you think the rest of this school year (and possibly next) look like?

Asked by Lola over 4 years ago

 

What do we do about this disaster of online learning? Many kids can not even get online and so many kids also just wont do the work. Things sometimes get turned in at strange hours and then like I said not at all. Some kids who always did their work and always got it done on time are some of the kids who are not doing anything. ANYTHING NOTHING gets turned in by at least half of the kids, another quarter of them get things done late and somethings don't get done. Then becuase of confuseion someitmes is the issuie. I don't even know what to do anymore. I doubt we will really open in two weeks, month, next year or EVER. I think this is a goverment coo and I always thought those people are crazy but I am pretty sure their right at this point. Where being taken over and no work is being done by students because they don't want to and there is no one to make them.

Asked by Waht now over 4 years ago

 

What do you think of this?
https://rantrampage.com/story-mean-teacher-87263

Asked by Shjsjs about 5 years ago

 

What do I do if I could not get my opting out of finals turned in because the days to turn them in because of winter weather. The deadline was supposed to be today but Monday and Tuesday was off. So what do I do finals start tomorrow the first daybak

Asked by Dan about 5 years ago