Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Ten Signs You Don't Teach in the States

- You know who is at work because everyone in on facebook
- Along with facebook, your internet history includes youtube and you don't have to be nervous about it.
- There are staff trips that leave from the school in which people bring their own "pop".
- If you don't get your students to the bus quick enough, you might interrupt their driver's prayer time.
- Your instructional time in anywhere from 1 1/2 - 3 hours per day.
- You don't flinch when a child looks at you and says "What!?" when you've told them to do something.
- Your students need to "make toilet".
- You have to send a note home to parents (of 4-5 year olds) that students must be able to "clean themselves" after using the restroom before coming to school.
- NCLB and RtI have no meaning on your campus.
- The attendance policy states that if a child misses 20 or more days, they MIGHT have to go to summer school to be promoted to the next grade.

2 comments:

Jen said...

-Birthday parties are slated for the last 35 minutes of class time. They take the whole time, and this involves gifts for all the students in the class, not the birthday child.

-You hand each 5 year old a sparkler and light 'em up inside during a birthday party.

Mindi Tipps said...

I don't know what else to say but, WOW!

I love hearing these snippets into your new "normal."