Wow....truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Loved all the well-written comments by obviously intelligent men and women. Apparently, the education hacks, pundits and their ilk are the problem, not the teachers.
I come to this viceo late, apparently but it is the funniest---and truest---thing I have seen in forty + years of secondary teaching. I laughed until the tears ran and I was concerned my husband would come to the den to check my sanity! It should be in every school library and be required viewing for every school administrator in the country.
Sometimes talking to administrators can be like talking to a wall. They don't listen. They simply repeat the same thing over and over until you regurgitate the information back to them. As long as they can write it down on paper and it looks good, that's all that matters.
I showed this to a class and my principal found out and was livid. Oh does the truth hurt? He's a jerk and I stood my ground. Fortunately I could do that since I'm at retirement. Don't cave to these suits that can't teach.
I did not know this BS was nation-wide. I thought it was only happening in NYC, with this moron mayor (Bloomberg) we have. He has appointed two sch chancellors with zero educational back ground.
I am not computer-savvy enough to send a copy of this video to every politician in Washington, but they need to see it. Does anyone have a link to Obama? This is so frighteningly true!
"But if you don't give the assessment how can you know where your students are? Fine I gave a test, they scored a negative 38%. That is definitely a low score."
"You need to ask open ended questions so they have to give you the right answer"
"But if you don't give the assessment how can you know where your students are? Fine I gave a test, they scored a negative 38%. That is definitely a low score."
I'm so glad to be out of that nonsense and not be working in school districts any longer. What total bull. The administrators don't give a rat's behind about a single student---unless they can use any success that student has to illustrate something that will give them a leg up in the pecking order in district offices.
I'm with rgwebb. A few years ago I would not have believed what I do now, that a chosen few through corporate funds are buying politicians and maneuvering the masses to sell their agenda of privatizing education to gain even more power and money. Why depend on the public to educate the masses for the workplace when businesses can educated them from square one to fit into their structure?
@peigimccann Glad to see people are starting to get the "big picture" about what's going on. Education is worth 5-10% of GDP in most countries. Corporations want every last cent of it.
"You are required to volunteer." This video shows how reformers pretend to be empowering teachers. In reality they want to get rid of all teacher authority and protection through various forms of surveillance, data, learning communities, student evaluation of teachers, principal walkthroughs and video analysis. That's the subtext of Waiting for Superman, the movie. Video surveillance is on the way.
Exactly! I laughed so hard, but it is true. After 26 years in education, I can't wait to leave! The unfortunate part is that I LOVE my students and enjoy the time I spend with them. I recently told a parent to put me in a room with my students and I am in heaven. Put me in a room with administrators and I want to hang myself.
Notice how there is no focus on listening to what the problem actually is?! This creator did a nice job of summing up what is going on in very funny context.
This is too much - I've heard all of this - Word Wall, differentiate, collaborative planning and pacing guide... This is why teachers are leaving the profession. Reality does not match the babble administrators are spouting at our meetings.
this is also the state of the Canadian education system. I think, it the state of most systems, regardless of where you are. It has struck a nerve with all my teacher friends. Lunacy in education and we are wondering why our students are struggling. Teachers can't figure it out, how the hell are the students. p.s. jimi hendrix quote was stellar.
This is the most brilliant assessment of what's going on that I've ever seen. I'm only sorry I didn't create it myself. A+ and what a sorrow for our public schools.
I have watched this many times and each time I laugh because of the sad state of education today. The pure truth of this is scary and I thought surely it was just where I was teaching but as seen from other post it is everywhere....I appreciate the laugh and hope that due to messages like this maybe education can get back to where teachers umh..do something so strange and that is actually "TEACH" children instead of having to worry about word walls and assessments.
This is HILARIOUS!!! I am actually crying I am laughing so hard. I was laid off due to budget cuts last year, and though I miss my job, I don't miss THIS!
This video is real. It is the state of education in America. Voices and characters have been changed to protect the guilty. This is life as a teacher!
I am emotionally torn! So happy to see I am not the only one enduring this insanity yet so sad to see this is the state of education. I had almost the same conversation with my admin last week. Not kidding! Well, I can say this video made me laugh so hard I cried....or maybe I was already crying...not sure.
OMG!!!....that is sadly hysterical because I am trapped in this insanity myself...i really did laugh out loud profusely at the end...i needed that laugh and i'm even more sad that this is in so many other schools as well:(
As I get up and try to drag myself to a teaching job I once loved... I saw this and laughed so hard & I am now going to be late. :-) It helps to know I am not alone, I too felt as if someone had been taping my last 2 meetings. Going to keep ignoring those whose "brains and mouths are completely detached from each other" and just... **teach***. :-)
This is exactly what is going on right now for teachers today. The gov't wants teachers to use assessments and standardized tests to see where students are at by looking at their academic level. Yet many educators believe that we shouldn't rely off of standardized tests because students have no idea exactly what to study b/c the questions are all random. Good video!
This is exactly what is going on right now for teachers today. The gov't wants teachers to use assessments and standardized tests to see where students are at by looking at their academic level. Yet many educators believe that we shouldn't rely off of standardized tests because students have no idea exactly what to study b/c the questions are all random. Good video!
Those are the administrators the NYC public school system is hiring. To make matters worse I'm sure the new chancellor Cathleen Black sounds just like that. Where are their teaching/education credentials? Oh wait, they don't have any!
I've had 40 years in the classroom, and folks, this is what is going on. Seems the DOE is more interested in having intellectually inspired language and documents. Only problem, it does not work. Forget planning. If you are not reaching the goal it is of no use. Go back to basic teaching. It did work, long before all the BS.
I hear this from our superintendent quite a bit. I especially hear it during the High Schools That Work seminars and meetings. Edubabble and BS bingo. This reminds me of the old billboards from WWII - "Was this trip REALLY necessary?"
This is truly a sorry state of affairs that is all too true. It's very hard to teach children when the "teachers"don't understand simple things like dates, times & lack of plain common sense. The dumbing down of this country is now in full swing.We need NATIONAL assistance. Obviously local sontrols have gotten so bogged down in blank rhetoric as to be called child neglect big time. You CANNOT blame teachers for these foul ups. it starts at a much, much higher level...
Thank you so much for the laugh. But deep down I can't laugh because it's true, and that's the saddest thing. Our education system is under massive attack.
I have to ask..Are you secretly taping all of the meetings that are taking place in my district?? This needs to be sent to every teacher that is experiencing the insanity that is taking place in our public schools.
It is sooo sad, but so true, and it is creating a generation of illiterate children....
Such a bunch of poppycock, but these conversations are the new reality in public education. Thank you so much for the laugh....
Genius. You have met all the standards, benchmarks and objectives for this assignment. You have clearly shown that you have mastered bullsh!t detection in administration. PLEASE make a P/T conference one!
Can I get away with sending this to my current admin? Sad that this is what teaching has become, but I'm glad we can still laugh about it!
Best principal I ever had was at a tiny elementary who said, "We'll have meetings when there's something worth meeting about." Now that I'm at a middle school, we meet before school every Wed. (that's early!!!). We start with "Good Things!" (which no one has) and manage to accomplish nothing before the bell rings and we rush off to class, frustrated!
More true life memos from the Vice Principal – this lady is earning $90,000 a year and we are closing schools in our district and laying off teachers for lack of money. She is also in charge of our in-service. How “practical” do you think that is?
(Part 2) You mentioned in your email that “About half the groups chose roles and half chose moving as a group.” What roles did they choose from? If half the students chose to “…move as a group…” are they evaluated as a group? How were the students who worked independently evaluated?The goal of instruction is not to cover material, but to ensure student learning of the curricular objectives for a specific unit.
(Part 3) You state there is “…a lot of material to cover and not much time…” Why would there be so much material to cover during a review for a test? Did your formative assessments from this unit indicate a widespread lack of student comprehension over the learning objectives? Please clarify what each student’s accountability is for this class activity and how it relates to the unit’s curricular objective.
LOL "stop being so negative and we can get more done" hahaha this is like I'm sitting at a staff meeting. OMG too much!! This is so funny but sad at the same time. I thought maybe this was going on only in the county I teach in, I'm seeing it's probably across the U.S. ...which is why so many people leave teaching. sad. This is the kind of thing that is going on all day everyday! Teachers are frustrated!!! All we want to do is teach, please let us teach!!!!!!!!!!!
@teacher0714 There are more of US (teachers) than THEM (admin and policy makers). While I've been in public education for 23 yrs, 17 of them as a paraeducator. Since getting TWO credentials in the last six yrs, I have moved and so I remain on the low end of seniority. People talk of the powerful unions but I don't see it. I don't see my union protecting me from this kind of stupidity and disrespect. There are lots of new teachers too close to a lay-off to speak up so veterans need to do it!
Amen!!!! This is my 12th year of teaching and I have just about HAD IT. I am seriously seeking employment outside of the public school system because of this garbage. This is really depressing because I was inspired into this profession (and worked my *** off getting my MA for it) throughout my youth... I'm only 34 but the pressures of them not letting us just TEACH has caused me to age, at least mentally. I'm just at my wit's end and I don't even know where else to go... :(
Your students need to be able to see all four walls without turning their heads. Turning their heads is restrictive. Your classroom needs to not have walls.
At one point I think you were quoting Jimi Hendrix. YES! YES! I can't take brainwashed and people unable to think for themselves. Well they are annoying. In a funny kind of way.
For all the great, dedicated teachers and a demonstration of their frustrations. We must get useless rhetoric out of education -- and get teaching back into education!
There are a FEW of you out there that haven't. My direct admin hasn't either and I'm thankful that we have him, but know he'll be gone soon. Not enough of a kiss butt for D.O.
Speaking from a teacher's point of view, all I can say is that this video is SCARY ACCURATE. It's a little bit exaggerated, but sadly, for the most part this is really what Education in the public schools are like.
Again, universal. I thought I was the only one suffering with this nonsense. Used to make me think I was going crazy. I am so glad to be out of the teaching profession. Your videos explain why. You should do one on how poor behavior is blamed on the teachers and not what's going on in their personal lives.
…then it would be appropriate to incorporate a bell work (bell ringer) activity as a means to reinforce/re-teach that particular objective. It should not be a review of objectives from a prior, completed unit where a summative assessment has already taken place.
As stated in your plan for improvement under E.7 Works to complete building, district, and BOE goals bell work/anticipatory set is meaningful and related to the district curricular objective.
Thanks for your response. Bell work (bell ringer) may be used as a review activity, but that should take place inside a specific unit or chapter, and said review should be related to unit essential outcomes that were previously evaluated through formative assessments. In other words, if after reviewing data from a formative assessment you determine that students did not master a particular objective,... (see part 2 above)
Aaaagh!!! fucking maddening! You, there, person who made this: These movies are simply genius in their truth, but I must say, it only affirms how ridiculous it is to be working in education! It makes me think, "Why do I teach?! This is a clusterfuck!" It's nice to be validated, but man, in this case, maybe ignorance is bliss.. ;) ;) Great movie.
Oh, my. This is so incredibly familiar, it hurts. I'll bet every teacher who knows what he/she is doing has run into these administrivia-automatons before. Morons, who don't have a CLUE how to teach or how to explain anything. How sad. =(
Wow....truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Loved all the well-written comments by obviously intelligent men and women. Apparently, the education hacks, pundits and their ilk are the problem, not the teachers.
janawooka 2 months ago
^^ nice.
makeiteasyable 2 months ago
This is just remarkably funny and sadly pretty accurate:-)
TheCscovill 3 months ago
I come to this viceo late, apparently but it is the funniest---and truest---thing I have seen in forty + years of secondary teaching. I laughed until the tears ran and I was concerned my husband would come to the den to check my sanity! It should be in every school library and be required viewing for every school administrator in the country.
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salvadoyagaya 7 months ago
Sometimes talking to administrators can be like talking to a wall. They don't listen. They simply repeat the same thing over and over until you regurgitate the information back to them. As long as they can write it down on paper and it looks good, that's all that matters.
ThomasBartleyEdu 8 months ago
dog man!
mileyandashley9788 10 months ago
I showed this to a class and my principal found out and was livid. Oh does the truth hurt? He's a jerk and I stood my ground. Fortunately I could do that since I'm at retirement. Don't cave to these suits that can't teach.
regrose1 11 months ago 3
I did not know this BS was nation-wide. I thought it was only happening in NYC, with this moron mayor (Bloomberg) we have. He has appointed two sch chancellors with zero educational back ground.
OrgenaII 11 months ago 2
jimi hendrix lyric thrown in there???
mikusboy77 1 year ago
I am not computer-savvy enough to send a copy of this video to every politician in Washington, but they need to see it. Does anyone have a link to Obama? This is so frighteningly true!
rlpipitone 1 year ago 2
"But if you don't give the assessment how can you know where your students are? Fine I gave a test, they scored a negative 38%. That is definitely a low score."
"You need to ask open ended questions so they have to give you the right answer"
Oh the happiness and joys of teaching.
jennrr 1 year ago 2
"But if you don't give the assessment how can you know where your students are? Fine I gave a test, they scored a negative 38%. That is definitely a low score."
Oh the happiness and joys of teaching.
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I'm so glad to be out of that nonsense and not be working in school districts any longer. What total bull. The administrators don't give a rat's behind about a single student---unless they can use any success that student has to illustrate something that will give them a leg up in the pecking order in district offices.
achashbarger 1 year ago
I'm so glad to be out of that nonsense.
achashbarger 1 year ago
And this is why Johnny can't read.
I have taught 41 years. I would not work for that android.
I can't see why anyone who could be a teacher would be able to deal with this stuff.
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I'm with rgwebb. A few years ago I would not have believed what I do now, that a chosen few through corporate funds are buying politicians and maneuvering the masses to sell their agenda of privatizing education to gain even more power and money. Why depend on the public to educate the masses for the workplace when businesses can educated them from square one to fit into their structure?
peigimccann 1 year ago
@peigimccann Glad to see people are starting to get the "big picture" about what's going on. Education is worth 5-10% of GDP in most countries. Corporations want every last cent of it.
iamcompucomp 1 year ago
"You are required to volunteer." This video shows how reformers pretend to be empowering teachers. In reality they want to get rid of all teacher authority and protection through various forms of surveillance, data, learning communities, student evaluation of teachers, principal walkthroughs and video analysis. That's the subtext of Waiting for Superman, the movie. Video surveillance is on the way.
iamcompucomp 1 year ago 2
This was soooo awesome!
katemandoo 1 year ago
Totally written by a teacher!!!! NIce to know I'm not living this crazy hell by myself.
marks2244 1 year ago 2
4:44 best part :D
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Sheryljanefan 1 year ago
Exactly! I laughed so hard, but it is true. After 26 years in education, I can't wait to leave! The unfortunate part is that I LOVE my students and enjoy the time I spend with them. I recently told a parent to put me in a room with my students and I am in heaven. Put me in a room with administrators and I want to hang myself.
rgwebb19 1 year ago 4
Oh boy! It reminds me of my experience asking for help with retention strategies. Instead I got classroom management. Oiye
gotalgebra 1 year ago
Notice how there is no focus on listening to what the problem actually is?! This creator did a nice job of summing up what is going on in very funny context.
accolade37 1 year ago 2
This is hysterical. Please make more. I am a fellow teacher.
ctjuggles 1 year ago
This is too much - I've heard all of this - Word Wall, differentiate, collaborative planning and pacing guide... This is why teachers are leaving the profession. Reality does not match the babble administrators are spouting at our meetings.
jensax 1 year ago 3
Yeah, how are you taping our meetings???
jensax 1 year ago 3
The English language is fantastic! You can just look in a dictionary and string words togather.
bobsmacbox 1 year ago
this is also the state of the Canadian education system. I think, it the state of most systems, regardless of where you are. It has struck a nerve with all my teacher friends. Lunacy in education and we are wondering why our students are struggling. Teachers can't figure it out, how the hell are the students. p.s. jimi hendrix quote was stellar.
niloc1229 1 year ago
This is the most brilliant assessment of what's going on that I've ever seen. I'm only sorry I didn't create it myself. A+ and what a sorrow for our public schools.
xinecarey 1 year ago
I have watched this many times and each time I laugh because of the sad state of education today. The pure truth of this is scary and I thought surely it was just where I was teaching but as seen from other post it is everywhere....I appreciate the laugh and hope that due to messages like this maybe education can get back to where teachers umh..do something so strange and that is actually "TEACH" children instead of having to worry about word walls and assessments.
mrsaggie92shell 1 year ago 2
This is HILARIOUS!!! I am actually crying I am laughing so hard. I was laid off due to budget cuts last year, and though I miss my job, I don't miss THIS!
PicsofLily 1 year ago
This video is real. It is the state of education in America. Voices and characters have been changed to protect the guilty. This is life as a teacher!
accent77 1 year ago
Thank you so much! We watched this very educational clip in our PLC meeting and were on the floor laughing!
hakelley1 1 year ago
Ahh, I truly believe that you are at my school right now.
JalesaB 1 year ago
I am emotionally torn! So happy to see I am not the only one enduring this insanity yet so sad to see this is the state of education. I had almost the same conversation with my admin last week. Not kidding! Well, I can say this video made me laugh so hard I cried....or maybe I was already crying...not sure.
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JohnLeeMD 1 year ago
dear god, i thought it was only my school. this is so accurate it makes me laugh, if i don't laugh, i will cry and apply for a job at walmart
niloc1229 1 year ago 3
I don't find this funny at all - it's scary because it's so real! Yikes!!!!!
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jjfamulari1975 1 year ago
OMG!!!....that is sadly hysterical because I am trapped in this insanity myself...i really did laugh out loud profusely at the end...i needed that laugh and i'm even more sad that this is in so many other schools as well:(
jjfamulari1975 1 year ago 2
As I get up and try to drag myself to a teaching job I once loved... I saw this and laughed so hard & I am now going to be late. :-) It helps to know I am not alone, I too felt as if someone had been taping my last 2 meetings. Going to keep ignoring those whose "brains and mouths are completely detached from each other" and just... **teach***. :-)
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This is exactly what is going on right now for teachers today. The gov't wants teachers to use assessments and standardized tests to see where students are at by looking at their academic level. Yet many educators believe that we shouldn't rely off of standardized tests because students have no idea exactly what to study b/c the questions are all random. Good video!
lucysgirl07 1 year ago
This is exactly what is going on right now for teachers today. The gov't wants teachers to use assessments and standardized tests to see where students are at by looking at their academic level. Yet many educators believe that we shouldn't rely off of standardized tests because students have no idea exactly what to study b/c the questions are all random. Good video!
lucysgirl07 1 year ago 3
Those are the administrators the NYC public school system is hiring. To make matters worse I'm sure the new chancellor Cathleen Black sounds just like that. Where are their teaching/education credentials? Oh wait, they don't have any!
LennyNYC147 1 year ago 2
@gkteach I thought children where already illiterate.
TheFrostyJackson 1 year ago
I've had 40 years in the classroom, and folks, this is what is going on. Seems the DOE is more interested in having intellectually inspired language and documents. Only problem, it does not work. Forget planning. If you are not reaching the goal it is of no use. Go back to basic teaching. It did work, long before all the BS.
johcar2 1 year ago
I hear this from our superintendent quite a bit. I especially hear it during the High Schools That Work seminars and meetings. Edubabble and BS bingo. This reminds me of the old billboards from WWII - "Was this trip REALLY necessary?"
MrWilliamsworld 1 year ago 3
I am pretty sure this is my boss!!!!!!!!!!
TheArtOfBeingMe1 1 year ago
See vimeo.com / 16809021
ourgrouptmd 1 year ago
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jarvisjemdt 1 year ago
Nauseatingly accurate! I have had this conversation before....practically verbatim....AGH! Some days I want to ditch my teaching job!
rebkah99 1 year ago
This explains so much of my day.
mkrocks1 1 year ago
This sounds like a movie line but, I can't for the life of me remember which one this reminds of.
brucktroll 1 year ago
does anyone have the script / dialogue from this? is that how you spell "dialogue?"
rednexela 1 year ago
i love it!
modelchick1utube 1 year ago
This is truly a sorry state of affairs that is all too true. It's very hard to teach children when the "teachers"don't understand simple things like dates, times & lack of plain common sense. The dumbing down of this country is now in full swing.We need NATIONAL assistance. Obviously local sontrols have gotten so bogged down in blank rhetoric as to be called child neglect big time. You CANNOT blame teachers for these foul ups. it starts at a much, much higher level...
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EjEtal 1 year ago
This is scary, and I have hit my head on the wall numerous times over this very kind of conversation.
EjEtal 1 year ago 2
Thank you so much for the laugh. But deep down I can't laugh because it's true, and that's the saddest thing. Our education system is under massive attack.
rm630610 1 year ago 2
Very scary.
kamlloyd3551 1 year ago
Lolz!
Coyoteclaw11 1 year ago
I love this video
Hawkshadow56 1 year ago
I have to ask..Are you secretly taping all of the meetings that are taking place in my district?? This needs to be sent to every teacher that is experiencing the insanity that is taking place in our public schools.
It is sooo sad, but so true, and it is creating a generation of illiterate children....
Such a bunch of poppycock, but these conversations are the new reality in public education. Thank you so much for the laugh....
gkteach 1 year ago 41
Genius. You have met all the standards, benchmarks and objectives for this assignment. You have clearly shown that you have mastered bullsh!t detection in administration. PLEASE make a P/T conference one!
thestealthblonde 1 year ago 2
Can I get away with sending this to my current admin? Sad that this is what teaching has become, but I'm glad we can still laugh about it!
Best principal I ever had was at a tiny elementary who said, "We'll have meetings when there's something worth meeting about." Now that I'm at a middle school, we meet before school every Wed. (that's early!!!). We start with "Good Things!" (which no one has) and manage to accomplish nothing before the bell rings and we rush off to class, frustrated!
msrebelnardcore 1 year ago 3
This is the world I live in. I have watched this over and over and literally laugh out loud each time! Awesome job, can't wait for your next video!!
VLBENN 1 year ago 2
I laughed so hard I cried!!! Thanks for a wonderful, accurate look at the teaching experience :)
rebeccajones12 1 year ago
You have to assess and plan and be on the same page at the same time and quote Jimi Hendrix. Ha ha ha. I know this administrator all too well!
purplesaxx 1 year ago
More true life memos from the Vice Principal – this lady is earning $90,000 a year and we are closing schools in our district and laying off teachers for lack of money. She is also in charge of our in-service. How “practical” do you think that is?
nedfender 1 year ago 2
(Part 2) You mentioned in your email that “About half the groups chose roles and half chose moving as a group.” What roles did they choose from? If half the students chose to “…move as a group…” are they evaluated as a group? How were the students who worked independently evaluated?The goal of instruction is not to cover material, but to ensure student learning of the curricular objectives for a specific unit.
nedfender 1 year ago
(Part 3) You state there is “…a lot of material to cover and not much time…” Why would there be so much material to cover during a review for a test? Did your formative assessments from this unit indicate a widespread lack of student comprehension over the learning objectives? Please clarify what each student’s accountability is for this class activity and how it relates to the unit’s curricular objective.
nedfender 1 year ago
This is my life. Every school day. The teacher should be more careful. I think she made a value statement.
tedkabuka 1 year ago
LOL "stop being so negative and we can get more done" hahaha this is like I'm sitting at a staff meeting. OMG too much!! This is so funny but sad at the same time. I thought maybe this was going on only in the county I teach in, I'm seeing it's probably across the U.S. ...which is why so many people leave teaching. sad. This is the kind of thing that is going on all day everyday! Teachers are frustrated!!! All we want to do is teach, please let us teach!!!!!!!!!!!
teacher0714 1 year ago 17
@teacher0714 There are more of US (teachers) than THEM (admin and policy makers). While I've been in public education for 23 yrs, 17 of them as a paraeducator. Since getting TWO credentials in the last six yrs, I have moved and so I remain on the low end of seniority. People talk of the powerful unions but I don't see it. I don't see my union protecting me from this kind of stupidity and disrespect. There are lots of new teachers too close to a lay-off to speak up so veterans need to do it!
msrebelnardcore 1 year ago 2
@teacher0714
Amen!!!! This is my 12th year of teaching and I have just about HAD IT. I am seriously seeking employment outside of the public school system because of this garbage. This is really depressing because I was inspired into this profession (and worked my *** off getting my MA for it) throughout my youth... I'm only 34 but the pressures of them not letting us just TEACH has caused me to age, at least mentally. I'm just at my wit's end and I don't even know where else to go... :(
GenXorcist1976 11 months ago 9
I can relate to this! This is what goes on in my building. LOL
allyae 1 year ago
TOTALLY awesome!
kriskkramer 1 year ago
"Your classroom needs a word wall."
mccormat 1 year ago
Rofl!!! This is soooo true!!
smirkinleft 1 year ago
This is TOTAL TRUTH....are all our administrator's robots who just spew out what they've been told. I've heard all this over and over and over.
belly18dancer 1 year ago 4
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Willowtube1972 1 year ago
...and at some point, I think you quoted Jimi Hendrix...
tbirdscience 1 year ago
I'm a teacher, and this feels TOO real. It makes me want to cry, but I was laughing too hard.
politicoaz 1 year ago
Your students need to be able to see all four walls without turning their heads. Turning their heads is restrictive. Your classroom needs to not have walls.
politicoaz 1 year ago
I am surprised that she does not strangle him!
MajiMarji 1 year ago
this is why I left teaching in 2002; I couldn't take it anymore
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RoseanYoksi 1 year ago
At one point I think you were quoting Jimi Hendrix. YES! YES! I can't take brainwashed and people unable to think for themselves. Well they are annoying. In a funny kind of way.
42FryGuy 1 year ago
"How do I know my students don't understand? They told me!" So true. So true.
cmhllama 1 year ago
For all the great, dedicated teachers and a demonstration of their frustrations. We must get useless rhetoric out of education -- and get teaching back into education!
babsd111 1 year ago
It's a nightmare....but it's real!
spyle002 1 year ago
WOW! I love this because it is so true! Very Clever!
rachel30asu 1 year ago
Oh my god! So true!!!!!!!
jefe1973 1 year ago
That man works for my school but there are many versions of him in the building.
MsJLib 1 year ago
ok teacher peeps here's a good one.
randrada100 1 year ago
Thank you bald eagle!!!
TheMrsbenton 1 year ago
I think too many "consultants" & administrators have been brainwashed at too many "strategic teaching" conferences.
TheMrsbenton 1 year ago
rivrsingr... I'm with you... unless there is some real rebellion/revolution... education is heading down the wrong path...
TheMrsbenton 1 year ago
Yes, unfortunately, this is accurate, funny, and sad at the same time. Why won't some administrators listen to the people in the classroom?
cubbymahoney 1 year ago
amazingly accurate and funny.
sheilaars 1 year ago
This is sooooooooo familiar -- brilliant!
brunosbabe 1 year ago
Crazy maker!!
jediknight897 1 year ago
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JudithSchieszer 1 year ago
Thank you!
damsquare316 1 year ago
I'm retiring.
rivrsingr 1 year ago
Absolutely perfect! The joy of being a teacher, NOT!
sshigdon 1 year ago
This is so close to my last interaction with one of our administrators it is frightening.
markc9503 1 year ago
Sad, funny & too true!
TheBrownMom 1 year ago
Oh my gosh! This frighteningly accurate!
terriandmarypat 1 year ago
This made me laugh so hard I was crying. Then, I just cried because it so accurately describes my life. (With a tiny bit of exaggeration.)
souprgirl1 1 year ago
As an admin I have not sold my soul to this babble. I do not believe in violence but if I sound like this please shoot me!
TheYaya1228 1 year ago 10
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There are a FEW of you out there that haven't. My direct admin hasn't either and I'm thankful that we have him, but know he'll be gone soon. Not enough of a kiss butt for D.O.
dancinjann 1 year ago
I am laughing so hard I am crying
cleftobia 1 year ago
Its like you are in my head!!!
leeaura 1 year ago
Speaking from a teacher's point of view, all I can say is that this video is SCARY ACCURATE. It's a little bit exaggerated, but sadly, for the most part this is really what Education in the public schools are like.
DMenase24 1 year ago
Again, universal. I thought I was the only one suffering with this nonsense. Used to make me think I was going crazy. I am so glad to be out of the teaching profession. Your videos explain why. You should do one on how poor behavior is blamed on the teachers and not what's going on in their personal lives.
thecookiemunsters 1 year ago 2
This is great and oh-so true to life!
thomor30 1 year ago
I had this conversation at our staff meeting on Monday....
lmprine 1 year ago
…then it would be appropriate to incorporate a bell work (bell ringer) activity as a means to reinforce/re-teach that particular objective. It should not be a review of objectives from a prior, completed unit where a summative assessment has already taken place.
As stated in your plan for improvement under E.7 Works to complete building, district, and BOE goals bell work/anticipatory set is meaningful and related to the district curricular objective.
Thank you, Ted
nedfender 1 year ago
Actual memo, submitted without prejudice…
Bill,
Thanks for your response. Bell work (bell ringer) may be used as a review activity, but that should take place inside a specific unit or chapter, and said review should be related to unit essential outcomes that were previously evaluated through formative assessments. In other words, if after reviewing data from a formative assessment you determine that students did not master a particular objective,... (see part 2 above)
nedfender 1 year ago
I. Love. This. SO AMAZING!
42FryGuy 1 year ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! This is the SPANISH INQUISITION! Or the gestapo, or a nightmare! This is tooooooooooo real!
Dystral 1 year ago
"Then how do you know that they don't understand?" "They told me." LOL
Been there, done that.
rachelbrain 1 year ago 2
Aaaagh!!! fucking maddening! You, there, person who made this: These movies are simply genius in their truth, but I must say, it only affirms how ridiculous it is to be working in education! It makes me think, "Why do I teach?! This is a clusterfuck!" It's nice to be validated, but man, in this case, maybe ignorance is bliss.. ;) ;) Great movie.
misspantherpanther 1 year ago
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sjkestner 1 year ago
Oh, my. This is so incredibly familiar, it hurts. I'll bet every teacher who knows what he/she is doing has run into these administrivia-automatons before. Morons, who don't have a CLUE how to teach or how to explain anything. How sad. =(
writeacher 1 year ago
Right on!
natalld4 1 year ago
this was fantastic and scary all at the same time
ealaara 1 year ago
Jimi Hendrix FTW!!!
SrLeoSalazar 1 year ago
I agree, sad but true.....and still Europe laughs at our attempts to compete academically.
americanwomanFL 1 year ago
it is too true
lg8s 1 year ago
This is fantastic, and sadly, no joke! It's really like this! Like having a conversation with a wet mop.
thechickendanceblog 1 year ago 2
Hahaha! So right on!!
cmontisano 1 year ago
Hilarious! I've sat through hundreds of meetings exactly like this...
andiaswell 1 year ago
AWESOME!!! It's just like my school.
wilsonmathteacher 1 year ago
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luansantos12 1 year ago