Tuesday, May 5, 2009

When Did It change?

This is a plea for someone to tell me and document for me when schools became day cares. I thought that I went to college to be taught to educate young people, preparing them for a bright future. Now I'm being told by parents that I'm "cramping their style" by sending their kids home for disrupting class by cussing teachers, fighting, or sleeping.

Well, who is right?! I'm getting cussed like a dog and invited to go straight to hell because I'm trying to protect students and assure them the proper educational opportunities. SO WHO IS TO BLAME!!!?

TIME FOR A LIST.
LIST #1 Things you might hear if you are an assistant principal trying to protect kids and educate them too:
1. I gots to work. I can't keep a child.
2. Why are you there if you can't keep them.
3. Ya'll need to do your jobs.
4. All ya'll do is send kids home.
5. I'm going to call the superintendent.
6. My child would never do that.
7. Just because he is a little behind ya'll don't want to help him.
8. You be profiling!
9. It's cause he is black, ain't it.
10. I'm not his mama, he just lives with me.

LIST #2 Things you might hear as answers to list #1:
1. I'm sorry, I'm confused. I thought this was a school and not a day care or special after school program.
2. I'm sorry, I'm confused. Didn't I just answer that.
3. I'm sorry. I thought I was a under paid professional educator, but you may have me confused with a day care specialist.
4. I'm sorry. Didn't I just answer that.
5. I'm sorry. That number is .... Oops, you have me confused with a telephone 411 operator instead of a professional educator committed to children's best interests despite being under paid and over worked.
6. I'm sorry. Don't be confused. It's the same child you claim on your income tax form each year. The one that calls you mom.
7. I'm sorry. A little behind can always be over come. Your child is 16 years old and in the 7th grade.
8. I'm sorry. Yes we do lean towards removing children from class that call their teachers B's, H's, SOB's, MF's, N's, and other colorful words that are not in our curriculum, those who walk around with their pants near their knees, those that sing out loud in class with lyrics degrading women, police, and others of authority.
9. I'm sorry. I'm color blind and do not work in a private school where certain ethic groups excluded. I choose to work in public schools where each child has an opportunity to a free quality education, that is if we can get kids like yours to allow the teachers to teach.
10. I'm sorry.

So when did it change? Who can I blame? Is there one somebody that we can put our fingure on?

I don't think so.

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