Still Here!

It's been awhile, but we are still here and doing alright....It has kind of been a week from HE^%, with Gabriel STILL sick (week 4 of it).....I ended up having to take off and head back to the doctor with him on Thursday, the doctor thinks he has asthma/allergies...we have allergy medicine, 2 inhalants, and a weird mask and I hope and pray we are on the way to feeling better.

Work has been really sucking lately for me. Really sucking. You know the kind when you are on the Internet looking for a new job whenever you get a free moment? When you are filled with a feeling of dread the night before.... Not a good thing. Something needs to happen in education, something big. I wish I could organize a revolution, b/c I really think it is a shame the way things are right now. A real shame and its only getting worse with each year. I'll get on that in all my free time.....Seriously though. There are lots of good teachers out there in the public schools..Lots of good teachers who have to devote tons of their time proving that they are teaching, instead of having time to just teach. I am SO sick of hearing that we need more accountability for teachers. How about a little accountability for parents and students???? We cannot perform miracles. This No Child Left Behind crap has made a bad situation 100 times worse. It is seriously ridiculous, the amount of paperwork required in today's schools, especially with EC (Exceptional Children for those of you who are lucky enough not to know that acronym!) Not to mention all this crap we are doing in my school system. Having kinder and 1st grade students write a mission statements, come up with their own goals for their learning...come on, who is writing this, not the kids, I can tell you that. What happened to teachers just teaching???

Ok, enough moaning and complaining from me tonight. Writing about this has just made me feel mad all over again. Any one who has any ideas on what I could do as an individual to combat this, let me know. Happy Weekend!