Just in case anyone is interested, 4 (so far) of our old teachers are retiring this year...Mr. Angeline, 32 years...Mr. Stehman, 35 years...Mrs. Beisel (sheckler), 35 years...and Mr. Pail, 39 years....Wow how 'bout those teaching careers!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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Wow, I hope I make it as long as they did and still enjoy my job.
I taught for 11 years and can't imagine being in the classroom as long as those four have been! I don't remember Mrs. Beisel.
Jamie, I don't remember Mrs. Beisel either. I had Angeline and currently have his nephew in study hall (his wife also teaches in Stroudsburg at the elementary level). I had Mr. Pail for all four years of high school and see him at the Giant food market in Bethlehem. He still remembers me, and according to the last time I talked to him, he still loves teaching (he is a bit greyer than when we learned about El Bosque de Chapultepec and jamon y queso and voy vas va vamos van).
Wow, those are great teaching careers. Those teachers taught for the love of it and unfortunately today, most teachers are in it for the money (no offense Steve). I know you enjoy teaching at least most of the time. The only teacher I had out of those four was Mr. Pail.
Lordy! I'm amazed that they taught that long! I'm at year 16 and just want to make it to 20. I love my job but want to try something else in education. Kudos to them!!!!
Michelle Heist, I was NOT offended by your comment. I have been doing this for 17 years (like Tim C.) and obviously am not in it for the money. The mean teaching career is under 5 years because people get into thinking it is easy, but find out that the money in no way equals the amount of work necessary to do the job adequately.
Don't get me wrong, I see teachers in my building that do next to nothing and all the kids LOVE them, but are in no way prepared for their futures. I have students that get B's for my class and go to ESU and get A's in chemistry. They tell me my class required more work than their college entry-level chemistry. I say to them, "Is it a bad thing to have it easier now, when it really counts?"
Well, I've been in this job for five years, and Steve's right. No one goes into it for the money. I don't care if students like me or don't like me, but I do care that they learn voy vas va vamos vais van! Mr. Pail is one of the reasons I became a teacher. He loved his job and his subject and when I went to college and started having classes totally in Spanish, I didn't struggle at all with the language and that was because of him and what he taught me. Don't think I'll be doing this job more than 20 years though. I don't love it that much!
Vicki, have a soda (dumped on your head is the preferred way in France, I do believe).
I couldn't agree more that teachers do a ton of work and they should be paid more. Look at the influence they have on our children....better yet, had on us. Separate note....Steve - lots of conversation about ham and cheese for you.
Vicki, I had to laugh at your comments on Mr. Pail and having conversational Spanish in college. I took a conversational Spanish class in college and the teacher was from Spain. He would not believe that I couldn't speak Spanish because of my last name and insisted I must be fluent. Yes, Plata means silver in Spanish, but I hated to tell him it was probably shortened when my family arrived from Hungary. I was reading back. Glad to hear your mom is doing better. Hope to see you in May.
I commend all of you that have become teachers because it is definitely not an easy job. I know I would never have the patience for alot of the stuff that goes on now and days. Besides parents, you are the most influential people in our childrens lives and we put our trust and faith in you everyday that you not only teach our kids well but also protect them.
there are alot of people out there who think teachers are overpaid since they only work 9 months, I am not one of them. If you are good you are worth every penny and then some. I get a small taste of what kids and the system are like driving the bus and it isn't easy. I think teaching kindergarten has to be one of the hardest jobs in the world (2 classes, 50 kids on all differant levels YIKES) anyway in our experiance at East Penn we have only encountered 1 bad teacher and she was moved to a postion where she no longer has her own class thankfully!!
Out of all those teachers I only had Angeline and I always thought he fell into the poor catagory all we ever did was take notes and pop quizzes and then fear for our lives. Not a great teacher in my book. He never made things the least bit interested unless he was slamming someone around.
MJ-I gotta say I always feel bad for the bus drivers that have the challenging kids b/c they don't have as much leverage as a classroom teacher does. Either way it's the administration that can help us or hurt us with those kids by supporting us. I love teaching but the job sucks so much energy and patience out of a person that if it were year-round it'd be impossible to have as a career. The time is essential to regroup, relax, and prepare for another year of challenges.
Michelle-I think it'd be hard to find anyone that was motivated by Angeline or a few of the other teachers we had. We did have some really great teachers, too.
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