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Great piece on dateline right now
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what about?
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they are following a middle school teacher during her first year in an urban part of georgia
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Thanks! I just turned it on!
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Thanks! I'm watching it now...i'm going to be where she is in september ![]()
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Omg...I think I sound like her during my 6th period special ed 10th grade class ahhhh!
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I just posted about this somewhere else on here! I am not a teacher but I wanted to work for teach for america, and my cousin did teach for them, so I heard about her challenges ... great show so far.
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I would never break up a fight! NYS has such strict rules about getting in the middle of a fight....let the deans do it!
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to each their own
Posted by Rosa29
I would never break up a fight! NYS has such strict rules about getting in the middle of a fight....let the deans do it!
i am a NYC Assistant Principal and i have broken up fights
not now that i am pregnant, but i cannot stand by and watch kids hurt each other, but thats just me
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Well our union tells us not to (UFT) b/c if we get hurt we do not get workman's comp so they advise us to call an AP or dean or school aide to break up the fight. I also hate to watch kids fight and wish I could do something but a co-work got beat up and scratched pretty bad from a fight and all they gave her was a 1/2 day off for court/ doctor appointment for an HIV TEST! Luckily, I haven't had any bad or serious fights b/c I usually calm the kid down when I see an argument escalating!
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Wow this is kinda crazy!!! I am about to Student teach in the fall and this is making me nervous...thank god im in a suburban community!!
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Posted by Snowflake08to each their own
Posted by Rosa29
I would never break up a fight! NYS has such strict rules about getting in the middle of a fight....let the deans do it!
i am a NYC Assistant Principal and i have broken up fights
not now that i am pregnant, but i cannot stand by and watch kids hurt each other, but thats just me
I agree with you 100%! I broke up a bad girl fight all by myself about two months ago....the adrenaline kicks in and I was right on it! I can't watch two people hurt eachother like that.
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Posted by Abby2678
Wow this is kinda crazy!!! I am about to Student teach in the fall and this is making me nervous...thank god im in a suburban community!!
Not to scare you or anything, but I teach in a suburban area here on LI and fights still happen. Not too often, but they do....kids will be kids! Don't be afraid though....they usually don't last that long.
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Posted by Abby2678
Wow this is kinda crazy!!! I am about to Student teach in the fall and this is making me nervous...thank god im in a suburban community!!
Don't be nervous at all...You will enjoy teaching believe me and theses little fights that last a few minutes will not matter b/c you will be so happy in the classroom...I also work in a public hs in the Bronx where I live and teach special ed...so sometimes my kids are emotionally disturbed and don't understand the consequences with fighting...and really become angry and have counseling 1 or 2 x a week for their anger issues so that's why I really need to be careful btw we do not have metal detectors!
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sorry but things happen everywhere
Posted by Abby2678
Wow this is kinda crazy!!! I am about to Student teach in the fall and this is making me nervous...thank god im in a suburban community!!
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Posted by Abby2678
Wow this is kinda crazy!!! I am about to Student teach in the fall and this is making me nervous...thank god im in a suburban community!!
That makes no difference...different neighborhoods, different set of problems...and they're equally as bad regardless of what socio-economic group you're teaching
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Posted by Snowflake08to each their own
Posted by Rosa29
I would never break up a fight! NYS has such strict rules about getting in the middle of a fight....let the deans do it!
i am a NYC Assistant Principal and i have broken up fights
not now that i am pregnant, but i cannot stand by and watch kids hurt each other, but thats just me
I know what you mean, when a fight starts, I just impulsively have to seperate it, and then afterwards i'm like 'holysmokes, I could've broken my neck'...but knowing that still doesn't prevent that adrenaline from kicking in
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Posted by WinterBride08
Posted by Snowflake08to each their own
Posted by Rosa29
I would never break up a fight! NYS has such strict rules about getting in the middle of a fight....let the deans do it!
i am a NYC Assistant Principal and i have broken up fights
not now that i am pregnant, but i cannot stand by and watch kids hurt each other, but thats just me
I know what you mean, when a fight starts, I just impulsively have to seperate it, and then afterwards i'm like 'holysmokes, I could've broken my neck'...but knowing that still doesn't prevent that adrenaline from kicking in
Your right..I know the feeling!
