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Worst experience of my life. Student teaching

by jon

Oct 17, 2013

I just got kicked out of student teaching. It was super embarassing. I busted my ass for 2 months and became really good friends with the cooperating teacher. BAD MISTAKE. I thought she was the only saving grace for me at the time. But little did i know she was going behind my back and telling my bitch supervisor absolutely everything i ever told her. My supervisor was the most evil, vindictive, mean, hateful, arrogant, egotistical person i had ever met. She hated me from day 1. She treated me like a child. I am 33 years old and was teaching high school biology. I really enjoyed the kids just all the other B.S. that you had to put up with in high school. You try to be nice to other teachers and they would talk behind your back and say there was something wrong with you. If you ever start student teaching, don't trust anyone. Remember every day is a job interview. The teachers there aren't there to be your friend but judge you and try to get you to open up to them so they can judge you ...See MoreI just got kicked out of student teaching. It was super embarassing. I busted my ass for 2 months and became really good friends with the cooperating teacher. BAD MISTAKE. I thought she was the only saving grace for me at the time. But little did i know she was going behind my back and telling my bitch supervisor absolutely everything i ever told her. My supervisor was the most evil, vindictive, mean, hateful, arrogant, egotistical person i had ever met. She hated me from day 1. She treated me like a child. I am 33 years old and was teaching high school biology. I really enjoyed the kids just all the other B.S. that you had to put up with in high school. You try to be nice to other teachers and they would talk behind your back and say there was something wrong with you. If you ever start student teaching, don't trust anyone. Remember every day is a job interview. The teachers there aren't there to be your friend but judge you and try to get you to open up to them so they can judge you and snitch on you. Its a shame. i know i would have been an awesome teacher. The kids loved me and my unique personality. I didnt act like a normal teacher, i was compulsive and sometimes said things that i didn't think about things before i said them sometimes and some of the teachers thought i was on drugs because of that. But the students loved my honesty and respected me for it. My supervisor wrote me up twice for turning in lesson plans late. Most of the supervisors at the school did not even collect the lesson plans but mine wanted them every week. the issue was that my cooperating teacher didn't have to have hers in until friday and at first i didn't want to rock the boat and ask her for her lesson plans earlier quite yet so it gave me literally hours to turn in the lesson plans on friday. On the second write up they put me in front of the firing squad in front of the dean. I told her all of the things that happened to me and she didn't care. she stuck up for her own. The supervisor (her friend). F Youngstown state university. they are ignorant and do not respect you what so ever. DO NOT STUDENT TEACH THROUGH THERE.

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A few things Uh, okay, I get that some people want to be the "cool teacher" and have all of the kids love them because they are so "wacky" and "out there". That makes a great TV show or movie but it doesn't fly in real life. Saying things that you didn't think through makes me think that you told personal information or cussed or otherwise said inappropriate th...See More

Feb 7, 2014

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Ringo Jon- some people just are jerks and on power trips. There are many people who have HORRIBLE student teaching and come out on top. I was one and you will be, too. Only my first and last placements were awesome. In between, a nightmare! Depends so much on your supervisor. Mine was a champ

Oct 18, 2013

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Coop.Teacher On 10/18/13, Ringo wrote: > Jon- some people just are jerks and on power trips. There are > many people who have HORRIBLE student teaching and come out > on top. I was one and you will be, too. Only my first and > last placements were awesome. In between, a nightmare! Depends > so much on your supervisor. Mine was a champ

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Oct 20, 2013

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former student teacher You are right in that no one really has your back when you student teach. They are all there to judge you every minute. And you are correct that you cannot expect your coop. teacher to discuss things with you; most likely he or she will pick up the phone and call the supervisor. You may have made some mistakes, but you were there to learn. And as a...See MoreYou are right in that no one really has your back when you student teach. They are all there to judge you every minute. And you are correct that you cannot expect your coop. teacher to discuss things with you; most likely he or she will pick up the phone and call the supervisor. You may have made some mistakes, but you were there to learn. And as a student teacher you are given no margin for error. It is a very harsh, high-stress environment. It can ruin your career even if you did have a lot of potential. I think the internship should be much longer, a full school year, with lots of true mentoring and coaching. But many teachers do not want to take on an intern because they do not get paid much by the colleges, so you are pretty much stuck with whomever is willing to have you. I hope you are able to come back from this experience.

On 10/17/13, jon wrote: > I just got kicked out of student teaching. It was super > embarassing. I busted my ass for 2 months and became really > good friends with the cooperating teacher. BAD MISTAKE. I > thought she was the only saving grace for me at the time. > But little did i know she was going behind my back and > telling my bitch supervisor absolutely everything i ever > told her. My supervisor was the most evil, vindictive, mean, > hateful, arrogant, egotistical person i had ever met. She > hated me from day 1. She treated me like a child. I am 33 > years old and was teaching high school biology. I really > enjoyed the kids just all the other B.S. that you had to put > up with in high school. You try to be nice to other teachers > and they would talk behind your back and say there was > something wrong with you. If you ever start student > teaching, don't trust anyone. Remember every day is a job > interview. The teachers there aren't there to be your friend > but judge you and try to get you to open up to them so they > can judge you and snitch on you. Its a shame. i know i would > have been an awesome teacher. The kids loved me and my > unique personality. I didnt act like a normal teacher, i was > compulsive and sometimes said things that i didn't think > about things before i said them sometimes and some of the > teachers thought i was on drugs because of that. But the > students loved my honesty and respected me for it. My > supervisor wrote me up twice for turning in lesson plans > late. Most of the supervisors at the school did not even > collect the lesson plans but mine wanted them every week. > the issue was that my cooperating teacher didn't have to > have hers in until friday and at first i didn't want to rock > the boat and ask her for her lesson plans earlier quite yet > so it gave me literally hours to turn in the lesson plans on > friday. On the second write up they put me in front of the > firing squad in front of the dean. I told her all of the > things that happened to me and she didn't care. she stuck up > for her own. The supervisor (her friend). F Youngstown state > university. they are ignorant and do not respect you what so > ever. DO NOT STUDENT TEACH THROUGH THERE.

Oct 28, 2013

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