i guess i should just LET IT GO about school, but i have just received yet another phone call about a student who flunked english for the year. in the case of the parent, the fingers are being pointed at me and i am accused of not wanting to meet with the parent, etc. and basically not communicating with the parent. i won't even begin to document all that i tried to do. i should just be able to blow it all off and be confident in what i have done. but instead, it makes me go to a place i hate, which is doubting myself and my standards in the face of overwhelming oppression.
i am just a dinosaur. i thought that when you set standards and goals, if they were not met, the consequences would be applied. apparently, that isn't so any longer in the public school system. it seems that only the grade matters, and just doing something/anything is good enough. i am supposed to bend the rules for kids who don't do the work just so they can pass. but what does passing mean? it used to mean that they had met the basic minimum of work and knowledge. now it seems it is all about just doing work, even if the student didn't read the book or participate in the project. just doing something to scam by is apparently the new code for the 2000's in education. it makes me want to puke.
i told the administrator that i was disgusted with all of it, and just do whatever they wanted to do, since what i thought and did didn't matter. and it doesn't. my problem is defending myself. i should just dummy down everything and let it roll. that is what the standards are, and i should save myself the constant stress of it all and just give in. it is a bitter pill to swallow, but it seems for my own sanity, swallow it i must.
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