When the
government cuts the number of sick days allotted
to Ontario teachers the only
possible response is
for
teachers to cut some of the things
that are making them sick.
Start with
those insane report cards.
This is my
grade 6 report, marks page first.
I was an
okay student but obviously by February the glow had worn off.
And it was
the year I noticed boys - which didn't help.
Anyway,
I managed to
earn 57 in composition and grammar and 53 in spelling.
Now read
the teacher's comment:
Frances
needs to give extra time and effort to English subjects.
It put the
responsibility on me.
I had to
smarten up, not my teacher and not my parents.
Now notice
the side titled 'Citizenship', i.e. work habits, social habits.
Only if
there was a problem was the teacher required to mark an X.
And that
was it.
My whole
report card.
Nothing more needed to be said.
Dump the
reports and come up with something more realistic.
Do it now while you have some leverage.
They aren't
paying you enough.
(And they sure as hell ain't gonna be giving you the days to recover
if you get sick!)
