Made It

[Unkotare]

Friday I was in another classroom covering for another teacher during the last period of the day (and week). When the bell rang and the kids rushed out I held back waiting for the enormous crowd to thin out before I headed to my regular classroom to get my gear together. While I was waiting, a student came in to retrieve a jacket he had left in the room earlier in the day. Turns out he was a student who was in my class four years ago as a freshman. I hadn't seen him since then. When he was in my ESL class he was convinced he would become a professional basketball player and didn't need to worry about grades. I lectured him many, many times that he was NOT going to become a pro B-ball player. He argued with me about it all the time. When he came into the classroom I almost didn't recognize him because he had let his hair grow out to a dramatic degree. He was very pleased and proud to tell me that he had recently been accepted by a college and even give an (academic) scholarship. A good kid, very smart, and I was genuinely thrilled for him.

This is what you always want to hear.

 

[BULLDOG]

Knowing there will be more days like this makes it easier to get through the ones that suck.

 

[Maxdeath]

Glad you were able to influence him in such a positive way.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Friday I was in another classroom covering for another teacher during the last period of the day (and week). When the bell rang and the kids rushed out I held back waiting for the enormous crowd to thin out before I headed to my regular classroom to get my gear together. While I was waiting, a student came in to retrieve a jacket he had left in the room earlier in the day. Turns out he was a student who was in my class four years ago as a freshman. I hadn't seen him since then. When he was in my ESL class he was convinced he would become a professional basketball player and didn't need to worry about grades. I lectured him many, many times that he was NOT going to become a pro B-ball player. He argued with me about it all the time. When he came into the classroom I almost didn't recognize him because he had let his hair grow out to a dramatic degree. He was very pleased and proud to tell me that he had recently been accepted by a college and even give an (academic) scholarship. A good kid, very smart, and I was genuinely thrilled for him.

This is what you always want to hear.

From what I've been told............this is what teachers strive for.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Well done Unk.

 

[Oddball]

Friday I was in another classroom covering for another teacher during the last period of the day (and week).

No you weren't....You were here shit posting all day.

Time stamps aren't your friend.

 

[JustAGuy1]

John Wooden, a legendary UCLA basketball coach, said, “A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life”. Wooden believed that a coach should be a teacher who instills values and moral integrity in their players.

 

[JustAGuy1]

John Wooden, a legendary UCLA basketball coach, said, “A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life”. Wooden believed that a coach should be a teacher who instills values and moral integrity in their players.

I coached Baseball for 12 years.

 

[Unkotare]

No you weren't....You were here shit posting all day.

Time stamps aren't your friend.

Covering for a study hall leaves some free time. Have you ever taught an advanced class?

 

[JustAGuy1]

Covering for a study hall leaves some free time. Have you ever taught an advanced class?

Fuck them, send your light work to me.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Fuck them, send your light work to me.

I was forced early on to choose what I truly wanted to do. Coach or Ref Wrestling. I chose Reffing best choice I ever made. 34 years as a Ref, the things I saw the things I witnessed... I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[Unkotare]

I was forced early on to choose what I truly wanted to do. Coach or Ref Wrestling. I chose Reffing best choice I ever made. 34 years as a Ref, the things I saw the things I witnessed... I wouldn't change a thing.

Tough choice. I have done some refereeing when necessary, and parents can be 'difficult.'

 

[JustAGuy1]

Tough choice. I have done some refereeing when necessary, and parents can be 'difficult.'

LOL, yes they can be, I threw more Mom's out than Coaches.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Covering for a study hall leaves some free time. Have you ever taught an advanced class?

Teachers on cell phones is never a good idea.

 

[Unkotare]

Teachers on cell phones is never a good idea.

True.

 

[Jarlaxle]

John Wooden, a legendary UCLA basketball coach, said, “A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life”. Wooden believed that a coach should be a teacher who instills values and moral integrity in their players.

So can a bad one. Change is not always good.