Believe me, many of us know exactly how you feel!! And in regard to your colleagues, remember this quote by Martin Luther King: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.<http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html> [image: [info]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html>[image: [add]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/myquotations.php?add=26954>[image: [mail]] <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26954.html#email> *Martin Luther King Jr.* On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM, <rascal...@aol.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why I'm posting this, other than I'm searching for some > company in my despair. Or possibly you can lead me to some ways to deal > with > this situation. > > Today, as we were closing up school for the year, we were discussing next > year's kids and administration wanted to know "how we were going to group > them." (That in and of itself always bothers me). However the statement > that truly sent me spinning, was in regard to giving the students > individual > reading time within class. My administrator flat out told me (and my > team), > " We do not give the students time to read in class. You must be working > with the students in small groups and they should be engaged in 'targeted > skills" not reading." Of course my response was, "How do we expect our > students to become better readers if we don't give them time to read (of > course > teaching them "how" to read)?" She simply said, "They have to do that at > home." Close of discussion. > No one else on my "team" said anything...they just agreed with her. > My heart sank. I am so disappointed in the direction our education system > is taking us in my state and county. It's all about the pass rate on the > test and looking at data. My students are so much more than data! > Ugh! I'm sure you can all relate and have stories very similar to mine. > I'm just disheartened. :-( > > Ali/FL > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > -- "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
