Notes from Chalk

• ·         Teachers always talking about the students and the faculty and teaching
• ·         But they never quit because they loved teaching
• ·         50% of teachers quit within the first 3 years of teaching
• ·         It’s the first day of school
• ·         Kids look exhausted already
• ·         Teachers immediately start giving out rules
• ·         Teachers trying too hard to get kids involved, just making it worse
• ·         Teachers are having a hard time
• ·         Some teachers get involved with their students
• ·         Some teachers obviously have no idea what they’re doing
• ·         Teachers are being taught how to teach… as they’re teaching
• ·         Students are fighting, the teachers have to break it up
• ·         1^st year history teacher is having major problems getting control
• ·         The AP is becoming really stressed
• ·         The teachers have terrible communication
• ·         Everyone is having trouble connecting
• ·         1^st year history teacher is starting to learn how to get his class more interested
• ·         The teachers are slacking off almost as much as the students, sometimes more
• ·         The teachers and the students don’t respect each other
• ·         Lindsay is getting very upset and stressed
• ·         He didn’t win teacher of the year even though he tried so hard
• ·         The AP is figuring out that she’s a better teacher than AP
• ·         1^st year history teacher wins the spelling hornet
• ·         Mr. Lowry finally connected with the students and is enjoying his job as a teacher
• ·         Mr. Lowry hasn’t decided if he wants to stay as a teacher or not
• ·         In the end, the teachers learned just as much as the students