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Re: Baltimore City
Posted by mb on 8/16/08
On 7/22/08, lynne wrote:
> I agree with Anon. IF the original poster has already learned that
> an urban teaching situation can be extremely challenging, why invite
> disaster by seeking a job in BCPSS? There is plenty of information on
> the MD teachers chatboard and on the internet about the Baltimore
> City teaching experience. I personally don't think itwill change a
> lot without major societal changes and I don't see that happening. I
> would not work in an urban environment unless/until I had a lot more
> experience and confidence and really felt I was up to it.
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> 7/21/08, Anon wrote:
>> I don't know anything about Baltimore City, but I do teach in
>> another large, urban district in Maryland. If you couldn't see
>> yourself making a career at Woodlawn, why do you think that
>> Baltimore City is going to be much better? If you can't handle an
>> urban environment (and that's not a bad thing), perhaps you should
>> consider another district or private school. It's not fair to
>> everyone involved for you to go into this district to collect a
>> paycheck. Plus, if your plan is to teach in Baltimore for a year
>> and then try for a "better" district, you might want to consider
>> the fact that your resume will list three school districts in as
>> many years.
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>> However, if you're going to go this route, I would at least
>> suggest that you work on your response to "Why did you leave
>> Woodlawn"? This question is bound to come up in some way, shape,
>> or form.
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>> On 7/20/08, JPC wrote:
>>> On 7/20/08, Scholastica wrote:
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>>>> Why did you quit working for BCPSS the first time?
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>>> Why I left BCPS is not the question: I'm seeking other
>>> teachers' impressions of Baltimore City public schools.
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>>> If you must know, only the strong survive at Woodlawn; but I
>>> was not about to make a career out of martyrdom.
>>> Maybe you should think about Carroll County, thoug hit's kind of
late. I taught there many years ago, but I have taught in the worst of
the City, then went to Woodlawn at BCPS, and am now going back to BCPSS
because even though the City is a much rougher scenario, much more
dangerous just driving home after dark, The City does break up their
schools to be somewhat manageable. Woodlawn was a total mess with
restructuring this past year, and 80% of the Staff is gone. I pity the
poor kids next week when all their teachers have changed, and that or 0
basing has never proven to be good forkids, and after all they are what's
important. I happen to like teaching in Urban areas, and yeah, I got my
car stolen, and a phone stolen, but there are really good kids, too, who
deserve someone to care for them (especially when they are parents
themselves and have way too much and see way too much stuff daily. mb
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Baltimore City, 7/19/08, by JPC.
- Re: Baltimore City, 7/20/08, by Scholastica.
- Re: Baltimore City, 7/20/08, by JPC.
- Re: Baltimore City, 7/21/08, by Anon.
- Re: Baltimore City, 7/22/08, by lynne.
- Re: Baltimore City, 8/16/08, by mb.
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