colector: Re: [JournalWriting] Re: Journal Entry -- Spring is Here

No offense to the poster personally, I know it's just chat, but I just get all charged up when I hear (read) people talking about how teachers want more days off. In the first place, I've never heard of a situation where teachers have any say about the annual schedule, and certainly not a sudden school closure. Those decisions are usually made by district "suits" and the school board.

Most teachers I know would choose to work more days in a year. We could use the money and would like to not have to hunt for summer jobs. (remember, we don't get paid at all for all those days of "vacation") Plus, the kids would learn more. We hate all those Mondays off -- although nice on that Monday (and Sunday evening, lol ) they tend to do something to the kids that messes up the rest of the week.

There's a giant gap between teachers and the people who decide eduational matters. The fact that teachers are leaving the profession in droves during their first 5 years tends to show our frustration with the gap.

On the other hand .... I didn't know it even snowed in New Mexico!!!! Is that rare? I've been itching to vacation in Taos -- have never been there and would love to see it. Are you near Taos?

I bet it's beautiful in the snow.

Katharine in N. California

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From: ~Charm~

To: JournalWriting@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 8:15 PM

Subject: Re: [JournalWriting] Re: Journal Entry -- Spring is Here

Welcome Scott! I'm originally from Tx and no matter how many times anyone says different, I am and will forever be a Txn Gal!! =) Anyways, it was Sunday (here in NM) and it was in the 70's. That night the clouds were here, temps dropped into the 30's and the snow started. We woke up Monday to snow on the ground, not much but a nice dusting. School was cancelled so the kids had a snow day. I (along with a few other parents) are convinced however it wasn't needed, the superintendant and/or teachers just wanted a 3 day weekend. Ha...!! That's prolly true though seeing as how temps went back up, only to go down again Wednesday night and we had snow yet again. Yesterday snow on the ground, snow still falling...no school delays and/or closures. Go figure. And we had more snow then we had on Monday.

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