tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355756563704582518.post6912001472333988761..comments2023-04-08T08:34:22.566-07:00Comments on Raining Confetti: The BIG DayKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702945197499001786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355756563704582518.post-39562691227787130132012-04-05T03:52:13.988-07:002012-04-05T03:52:13.988-07:00Good morning Kerry!
Oh, it was a tough decision f...Good morning Kerry!<br /><br />Oh, it was a tough decision for me to leave my teaching job. And when I will tell my students (on the last day of school) that they will see me next year as a French speaking substitute, that we can reconnect. With RTI and other changes that were too much for my health to bear, I had to stop. I cannot keep up. HIGH STAKES test scores and the race to stay at the top just are not for me. If things were just as they were only 7 years ago when we had just our homerooms, I would have never thought about leaving. But for the last two years we all have 52 kids and on top of that, we French teachers are also teaching English which is as high stakes as the math. No thank you. If we could only TEACH the children...but you see? I am not a teacher for these times. I am old fashioned. I believe in embracing those kids with all your might, but when one is spread so thinly, it is impossible, at least for me.<br /><br />THANK YOU FOR COMING!!!! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.com