by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I am happy to report that in my years as a substitute teacher, there was one school where I was guaranteed to command a decent amount of respect. At Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, the principal Frank Noyes commands a great deal of respect with students, but...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I do not care for some students – not so much for overt disrespect, but because they liked me as a clown and a comedian, and took every opportunity to walk all over me and call it good. Karl B. was one of those students – a clown who refused to do any work. At the...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
I cannot presume that the student in question will ever find this post. Perhaps this turn of events is all for the best. After five weeks of turmoil, terror, and terrible conditions both social and cultural at Hawthorne High School, I resolved to bring in the dean for...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
In my last few months working as a substitute for Los Angeles Office Of Education, I ended up taking assignments as far away as West Covina, San Gabriel, and Monterey Park. Hombres y Mujeres Nobles is one CDS school nestled in a rented out building along the North...
by altha-admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
Unsatisfactory — not doing enough. I have been tarred with this tag from time to time, as well. It's not true, nor is it fair, but when the teacher has no support, authority, or any standing, what can he do? I am not an unsatisfactory teacher – but I...
