Teacher Confessions - One of THOSE days.

Today (April 16) was one of those days where I question why I am a teacher.

A screenshot of my tweet

My 5th period class & 7th period class had some kids in it today that acted so horribly, I wanted to punch those kids in the throat. like LITERALLY.

 It's just a figure of speech, I'd never actually do it.
One, I'm not good on following through on physical violence but today, I really thought about it.

The students were super obnoxious.

What is up with some of the kids nowadays? (Man I sound old). Some of the kids nowadays are so self centered! 

Do you think it's because Facebook makes people more self centered and all "me, me me!"? 

Some of these kids can not help themselves but comment on EVERY LITTLE thing. They have to always say something, have the last word. It's really annoying when you're trying to get class going and all these kids keep interruppting you because they HAVE to say something. 

Again, Facebook, where you have the opportunity to comment on everything!! 

I have tried to explain that real life is not like Facebook. MY classroom is not like Facebook where you can comment on everything. This behavior is super obnoxious!!

Some of the kids don't take responsibility for their actions. It's "not my fault. Someone else is to blame for my actions." Who teaches these kids?! We have a responsibility as parents and adults to teach our children about accountability and consequences. 

My responsibility as a teacher is to reinforce what parents should already be doing at home. But it seems like an unwritten part of a teacher's job description is to also parent. Why would I want to do that? I have my own children that I would rather worry about. Don't get me wrong, I'll still do "parenting" at work but that's not my main job. My main job is to TEACH. Seriously, we teachers do not get paid enough. 

I love teaching but sometimes, it can be really overwhelming and the combination of students, parents and admin can just get to someone and make you wanna scream.

Tomorrow will be a better day. I only have one class! 

Review of "42"

We were able to go to an advanced screening of 42, thanks to gofobo.com at Ward Theaters in town last night. We did stand in line for a couple hours but hey, a free movie, is a free movie. We could now afford to get the kids popcorn and a drink. 

Check out my review here: http://www.gofobo.com/movie/42_2013/movie_review/13407821

or just keep reading...since I did just edit it a little bit.

I literally had no expectations for this movie. All I knew was that it was about Jackie Robinson. As the movie rolled on, I kept finding things I liked about it. 

Yes, it concentrated on the racism surrounding the first black man to play professional baseball, whether it was from the spectators or from his teammates, it was very prevalent and something he had to go through. What I really liked about the movie was that it also concentrated on his baseball skills, he wasn't just there because he was black, it was because of his talent. I liked that it showed a lot of baseball being played. 

It wasn't a heavy movie, it had its light moments which helped relieve some of the tension in the movie. I also really loved the changes that happen to the people around him and how they started changing.

I did have questions on authenticity but since it is a movie made in Hollywood and it had the "based on a true story" disclaimer, we can only hope they did Jackie Robinson justice.

It is certainly a movie I would recommend to everyone...over the age of 13. It has some words that might be harder to explain to someone that hasn't been exposed to racial and/or derogatory terms.

HP Challenge Day 6 - Favorite Professor

Professor McConagall - again, she's smart, funny, sarcastic and is just pretty awesome. Plus total bonus that she's totally shows not all teachers are boring.

I just love how she's such a great teacher and is fair even if she HATES that she has to take away points from Gryffindor because of what either Harry or Ron did. She can also be quite surprising as well. She's basically just awesome.

HP Challenge Day 5 - Saddest Moment

The saddest moment would have to be in Half-Blood Prince, the 6th book. You all know what I'm talking about. It was the most shocking moment ever!

Do I really need to explain what is so shocking? I know that it's been revealed WHY it had to be done but when reading the book for the first time, you really had absolutely no idea and it was shocking to say the least.

I do have to say that another "saddest" moment would have to be when Fred Weasley died. I cried. I was so so so sad that happened!

There were plenty of other sad moments but this is definitely my top two.