Its been almost a week since I last made an entry and for that I do apologize. You see, real life took its toll on me and I have been dealing with family stuff as well as my own health. My customers are creating an ulcer for me I think. Where are my Rolaids?...
During the week I have spoken with four teachers, which are my customers and I will say, one doesn't know her head from her ass, another seems to be an excellent teacher, and two are in it for the money. The ones with the money, I asked them if they knew how many quarters are in a dollar. They answered correctly but one of the two didn't know the difference between a box and a bottle. If I get a ten year old that doesn't know the difference between the box and the bottle, I will who their educator is. The teacher/customer type person asked me why I asked such question and I told her that within the past week, two kids didn't know how many quarters were in a dollar. She shook her head and said "it is expected". I asked why and she said "well, they just don't want to learn and the parents aren't helping." Of course I inquired further and asked what she, as a teacher is doing and she said "well, you can't do much and you can't use force on them and if you do, they will complain." I felt like taking the ruler from the seamstress and slapping her across the face with it. OF COURSE THEY ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN DUMBASS! THEY ARE IN SCHOOL AND NOT AT THE BEACH!!! DO YOUR FUCKIN JOB! Now, I didn't exactly use those words but I did point out that using force in a positive manner, may increase the wanting to learn. She thought it was a good idea. Then again, she could have just been saying it to make me go away and give her the dry cleaning. Bitch, you didn't know the difference between a box and a bottle... your learning years may have sucked.
On Thursday, when the change machine was broken a big fat female approached me. I will admit, I did get slightly intimidated because she was taller and she was wider than me with a mean face. She wanted change from a twenty dollar bill.... this is what went on:
LG: The change machine is broken, how much do you want in quarters?
Cust: I need a 10 and two 5's.
LG: Okies but the change machine is broken... I can give you quarters here... how much do you want?!
Cust: Im telling you 10 and two 5's.
LG: Right, but the machine for quarters is broken... do you need $10 in quarters?
Cust: You aren't listening to me.... I need a 10 and two 5's.
LG: Are you washing here?
Cust: Yes.
LG: Are you aware that the change machine is broken?
Cust: Yes, now give me what I asked you for, god.
LG: Fine!
I give her the bills and then she asks me for 10 bucks in quarters. I told her while giving her the quarters that she could have just told me and avoided the whole conversation. She just smiled, turned her head and under her breathe called me dumb. Of course I would have fired back with something but I was truly afraid that she would sit on me. It sounds mean but seeing her life saver tube around her waist spilling out of her really small jeans made me think twice about opening my mouth, a first. I should have asked for her age but I could see a conversation having numbers, symbols, and stuff... kind of like "I am 3x2+10-50x6$##@@!%^&x5" coming out of her mouth.
Again, sorry for not posting!
Monday, September 14, 2009
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Actually you want to blame the higher ups in the schools and probably Bloomberg, the DOE and hell throw in the UFT. Public schools are a baby sitting area to discuss feelings. They don't actually teach anything. Teachers, whether money or not, are basically in a damned if you do and don't situation. It's pretty much up to the teacher which group of idiots they'd rather hear their complaints coming out of. But if the one you spoke to is in it for the money, she basically gets paid whether kids know the alphabet or don't. When they start bribing children on a regular basis instead of experimenting with it, you'll see how fast they'll learn their money values. Even if it turns them into money hungry midgets.
ReplyDeleteI would have said something no matter how huge she was. You know you can move faster than her and she'd probably die trying to run and then they'll all have to search for a piano to bury her in so in the end she probably wouldn't do anything. And like my father always says The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
It's pathetic that the kids these days don't know the basics (like 4 quarters = $1), yet they'll mouth off to you in a sec. I see little elementary school kids walking around with backpacks that are bigger and, probably, by the looks of it, heavier than them. Why on earth do they need to lug all these books/supplies around, if they're not getting anything out of it! Pathetic! At this rate, I think I'm going to end up home-schooling my kids!! (-__-)
ReplyDeleteI remember when I went to school, I had a simple Barbie school bag with only my matching pencil case in it and 2 work books. No heavier than 3 pounds and I learned a lot. Mind you my parents were working all the time and my grandmother never helped me with homework unless it was my language that I needed help with. I learned. I went to tutoring. They can do the same but they aren't. Pathetic indeed.
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