I found this in an old journal. I find it disturbing that I wrote this over 3 years ago, and I could have written it yesterday. Things have got to change in education. How will we fix these problems??
9/9/09
Today I was very frustrated with my job and this county. I am so overwhelmed with requirements: plans, objectives, grades, committees, preparation, notes, logs, meetings, etc., that I feel like I don't have time to do what I am supposed to here to do - teach. Notice, none of my requirements involved working with children.
When my students were entering the classroom today, I felt like saying, "I don't have time for you today. I am too busy." That is why teachers burn out. That is what makes good teachers leave school systems like this. We come because we love teaching and we want to help children, but we leave when we realize that helping children falls to the bottom of our "to-do list."
I feel stressed, overwhelmed, rushed, pressured. This is not the way I want to live. This is not the way I want to feel every day.
I know I can't be the only teacher who feels this way. As a matter of fact, I know I am not the only one. The system is flawed and the it is chasing away good teachers. Things have to change, and they have to change now!
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