[QUOTE=JumpTheF**kUp;15979009]Introduce them to sputnikmusic so they can 3,2,1...blastoff! into a world of internet joy.[/QUOTE]

Good Lord, the less they know about me the better. It's better for them to think that after school I go home and study/prepare lessons the whole time than have a modicum of a social life, even if it's being social on the Internets.

I was covering substance abuse and drugs and whatnot and told them that I wasn't that far removed from being in high school and I hear lots of stuff going on in the halls to begin with, but the point of the lesson is not to say, "Don't do it," but to be in the very least aware of the risks that go with it.

So this one student was like, "Have you smoked weed?"

The actual answer is no, but I like to mess with them a little.

"Well, that puts me in a tough spot. If I say no, then you think I'm lying. If I say yes, then I'm a stoner. I can't win, can I?"

By high school, about how old are we talking?

My old media teacher used to give us ridiculous tests, then he'd go out to his car, get high, and stand in the window in front of our class laughing at us. I miss him.

My goal is to be a teacher

but now that I know Jom is one I dont know

I'm going to college to be a history teacher.

[QUOTE=JumpTheF**kUp;15979073]By high school, about how old are we talking?[/QUOTE]

My students are 16-18 for the most part because they're mostly juniors and seniors, so I guess anywhere from 13-18? I was 13 when I started high school, anyway.

Jom, which subject do you teach?

[QUOTE=Jom]So this one student was like, "Have you smoked weed?"

The actual answer is no, but I like to mess with them a little.

"Well, that puts me in a tough spot. If I say no, then you think I'm lying. If I say yes, then I'm a stoner. I can't win, can I?"[/QUOTE]

Ahh yes, I love when teachers are cool like this.

Imma guess it's a humanities course

[QUOTE=Iluvatar;15979079]My goal is to be a teacher

but now that I know Jom is one I dont know[/QUOTE]

No matter where you go [in real life], you have to 'be' within your personality... [on the Internet] you can be wHaTeVeR yOu WaNt!!1!eleven!11!

I teach to the limits of my real-life personality (hint: there aren't any) and that makes the actual school part fun. The other stuff that goes with it (the copy room, the gossip in the teachers' lounge, etc.) I could do without, but they are necessary evils. Also, ITIPs can blow me.

EDIT: sometimes the gossip is really funny though

I assume he teaches health!

This health teacher at my school is like half brain dead.

He taught at my school for like 3 years and then he went to New York and the story goes that he got mugged badly. So then when he came back he was completely out of it.

Its a shame because he was an excellent athlete.

lol "health teacher"

[QUOTE=Jom;15979123]No matter where you go [in real life], you have to 'be' within your personality... [on the Internet] you can be wHaTeVeR yOu WaNt!!1!eleven!11!

I teach to the limits of my real-life personality (hint: there aren't any) and that makes the actual school part fun. The other stuff that goes with it (the copy room, the gossip in the teachers' lounge, etc.) I could do without, but they are necessary evils. Also, ITIPs can blow me.

EDIT: sometimes the gossip is really funny though[/QUOTE]

Oh man, my mom is a teacher and she says the gossip among teachers can get BRUTAL.

Health teachers are usually where they shove the coaches.

Both the heath teachers at my school are coaches so yeah.

[QUOTE=Deth;15979151]Health teachers are usually where they shove the coaches.[/QUOTE]

I actually had a football coach that taught pre-calculus...

[QUOTE=Mr. Ron;15979145]Oh man, my mom is a teacher and she says the gossip among teachers can get BRUTAL.[/QUOTE]

Oh, it's no joke. I thought I walked into a classroom instead of the planning room one morning because of some of the stuff that was being said, heh. I have no idea what other teachers say about me but I'm sure they have tried to matchmake me without me knowing or they have exhausted the laundry list of character flaws that I have, hahaha.

The best gossip is when they slag students, though. It sounds mean, but the teachers who are nearing retirement/have tenure/can do whatever the hell they want/are completely disenfranchised are so damn funny.

Oh ok. (@ Jom)

I was just wondering whether you taught a specific year group or something. Upper schoolers are apparantly the best (according to teachers). Not because it's easier to teach them or anything just because they're easier to talk **** with.

I was a student aide and I always sat in on the english departments planning room because they all loved me (I WAS BRILLIANT THEY SAID THX VRY MUCH) and it was probably my favorite part of school ever.

Hilarity, drama, politics, and massive lulz to be had. Plus I knew everything way before anyone else did.

The dynamic between 13-14 year olds and 17-18 year olds is definitely different, absolutely. I observed a freshman English class (i.e. 13, 14 year-old kids) that had students identified with sub-standard reading skills, and the teacher was absolutely amazing at getting the kids to connect with the book they were reading and making it relevant to their lives. A lot of my students have senioritis, too, so it's more than a challenge getting them to stay motivated. Some days, it feels like an impossibility, heh.

It seems like gossip is most prominant with English teachers. My AP English teacher last year used to bag on ALL the other teachers to us. It was hilarious.

Senioritis was ok for me because I absorb lessons really easily.

I'm starting to get senioritis... I was sick this weekend, but I kept it going and milked three days out of it so that I didn't have to go to school. It was nice...

[QUOTE=Jom;15979182]The dynamic between 13-14 year olds and 17-18 year olds is definitely different, absolutely. I observed a freshman English class (i.e. 13, 14 year-old kids) that had students identified with sub-standard reading skills, and the teacher was absolutely amazing at getting the kids to connect with the book they were reading and making it relevant to their lives. A lot of my students have senioritis, too, so it's more than a challenge getting them to stay motivated. Some days, it feels like an impossibility, heh.[/QUOTE]

Im a senior. Motivation is a bitch.

My GPA dropped from a 3.7 to a 3.2 because of senior year.

Wow. That's pretty bad. I had 4.2 all junior year, but my first semester of senior year was a 3.8. That might have to do with the 3 AP classes I have instead of just 1 from last year though...

lol like GPA means anything.

[QUOTE=Deth;15979151]Health teachers are usually where they shove the coaches.[/QUOTE]

It's where those guys who played football for way too long but never made it anywhere end up.

it does when you try to get into college

[QUOTE=big80smullet;15979215]lol like GPA means anything.[/QUOTE]

Then what does mean something?