To all those that I may offend I apologize in advance. You ever wonder what the difference is between our teacher leaders and our "real leaders" (admin. in case you were wondering). I know it is a lot of action and well thought out initiatives but aside from the intelligent well thought out roll-outs. I've been tossing this one around and I am beginning to wonder if our
incomp. leader is really just us in twenty or even thirty years. No more wind left in our sales just the insight to know that no matter what we do nothing pans out all that well. We have this new great program called AVID coming up and let me tell you it is wonderful. It will work miracles for those involved if we do this one correctly and with the right people. Sound familiar! Before I start rambling and forget to make my point, does anyone remember what teaming is really for? How about co-teaching, Have we forgotten about that great idea (in theory)? I am extremely curious to even hear about the two man team concept because I personally feel that the two many team idea is honestly the best one yet. (NO BS!) Oh wait I forgot about the return of the standards wall. I am finding it hard to believe but not so long ago we tried to streamline our efforts and do a few things well. After the absence of leadership, once again we find ourselves under inexperienced teacher leaders and although I think they are the most insightful teachers I have worked with I feel the lack of authority combined with the lack of accountability has led us down a path that if we are not careful we will be back to the same old madness we have been trying to steer away from.
How does a "team" go from one of the most respected to dismantled in three years. Yes, we can blame the cancer cluster, or even the consistent change of our co-teacher (every year for the past three), or even we could stretch it to say the other teams have stepped up their game so much that we have cracked under pressure. I have a different theory its call the "to many mind theory". We have had constant change and no support and for lack of a better word "focus". But wait lets not fix that problem lets take two strong "team" teachers and wait the councilor too and leave them with Ms. resistance and Captain Cancer to take over. Or better yet just dissolve that team and let the madness spread onto other teams. At least the AVID team will have a chance to succeed. To some up this rant, I wonder if our teacher leaders have thought about all the different loose ends we currently have but why bother there is no one to answer to and no "admin" to monitor the madness after all the ideas are all great and I truly mean it.
Love and Aloha
Ludacrawcity
PS. H.I.S for life
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okay, I know we didn't get a chance to finish our conversation, and it didn't help that my brother was sitting next to me saying things like, "Tell her to quit!" "Put all the scrubs together!" and I just couldn't think! And I was trying to road rage to get a good parking, too!
Anyway, I was trying to search and search for a analogy...so this is what mark helped me come up with. It's like the situation with Michael Vick. He's a slash type of quarterback thrown into a system that doesn't allow him to create plays. Much longer of these kinds of experiences would make him a less effective player. Prior to his run in with the law, he would have been a prime candidate to get traded.
Bottomline, do we try to find a better fit for this player or do we keep people who want to create plays on a team that will NOT allow him/her to do so, and wait for them to become so unhappy that they have to get their $hits and giggles dog fighting in Kalihi and wind up on the 6 o'clock news? That's it, I'm going out to buy me a pitbull right now. LOL.
Okay, I know that wasn't a good analogy, but I'm not the master analogiologist like Blake, and I had to work with what mark gave me. We'll talk more later.
Oh, I not showing up to the next team meeting 'cause the sharts gonna hit the fan. Nah, i'm interested in what's going to be said...IF anything will be said. I doubt it. wanna bet lunch?
Here's some deep thoughts.....
"one finger cannot lift a pebble."
"one rain won't make a crop."
"man has responsibility, not power."
Here's more deep ($hit) thoughts:
"Every man for himself..."
There's no "I" in "team", but there's an "I" in "win."
"Too many chiefs, not enough Indians..."
"Too many cooks spoil the broth..."
"ONE and ONE, we're having some fun...
Nine and nine, she licked my A$$..."
"F@cked-up people f@ck-up people..."
Actually, got a better one...
"Bull$hit people bull$hit people..."
Yeah, I'm witty like that...
I can think back to three years ago, when a different team went through major changes as well. Their science, SPED, math, and counselor left. And you know what, it didn't feel freaking great then. What's my point? Shit happens. You deal. You move on. You know the scariest thing for me? The possibility that I may have to work with Captain Cancer yet again. The thought makes me sick to my stomach. It really does.
Try working with someone who doesn't even know they're lying. Oh, wait, you already do. Can't deal with that crap again. I'll move anywhere so I don't have to.
Sorry, that last paragraph wasn't worded well.
I have a hard time working with someone who can lie and not even know they're lying. To this day, I wonder whether she knows she's lying because she's tricked herself, or if she just is lying because she thinks everyone else is to fricken' stupid to know.
I'm offended. I'm glad you apologized.
Go admin go.
There is an "i" in admin. I don't know what that means though.
Who is Captain Cancer? I had a guy in mind but I sounds like a girl.
This is all Ludicrosity, yo.
"Who is Captain Cancer? I had a guy in mind but I sounds like a girl."
Ok, I do sound like a girl... but I meant IT sounds like you all are talking about a female.
Thank you for reading.
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