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Everyone is Winging It

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Charlatan, May 21, 2014.

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  1. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    snowy, May 23, 2014
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  2. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Thanks to @cynthetiq for the reminder that we all are making it up as we go along. Have you been winging it lately?

    One way teachers wing it:

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    And then there is an assembly you forgot about, so you only have 50 minutes instead of the full 67 to teach your lesson. Well, that's not going to work. Might as well crumple up that lesson plan and just wing it.

    Or 1st period has a lockdown drill followed by an evac, so there goes half an hour of instructional time.
     
    snowy, Oct 28, 2014
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  3. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    My wife is specials (electives, in some cases) teacher. Some of the core teachers think nothing of bringing a class to her early, and/or coming to get class late.
     
    Chris Noyb, Oct 28, 2014
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  4. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Location:
    The American Midwest
    When I was in fourth grade, one day, the teacher was out sick, and I guess there wasn't a substitute available.

    So the school principal came in to teach the class.

    My guess is that principal-as-substitute-teacher is an old-fashioned thing. He was an old-fashioned guy.

    (Remember the John Prine song? "Grampaw wore a suit to dinner, nearly every day / No particular reason, he just dressed that way." That's the kind of guy he was.)

    He didn't act like a normal substitute teacher. He didn't carry on what the regular teacher was doing.

    Instead, he took us outside for a walk around the neighborhood, and taught us about how house numbering works.

    Until then, I had no idea.

    It was a lesson I never forgot!
     
    Street Pattern, Oct 28, 2014
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  5. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    My dad was a high school principal, and ended up subbing at least a few times a year, usually for teachers who had to suddenly go home sick or go take care of a kiddo, and they were waiting on the sub to show up. He said it kept his skills sharp and helped him stay in touch with what teachers today have to deal with in the classroom. The teachers I've known from his staff loved that he was willing to do that for them. Some principals aren't (I know from experience).
     
    snowy, Oct 28, 2014
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