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Thanks everyone for your advice and opinons

by New Teacher feeling burned

Sep 2, 2011

Thanks everyone for your advice and opinons. I guess only time will tell if I connected with a few or not. This is only my second week. I was called "B----" today from a student. I asked her to stack a pile of magazines that she messed up and she yelled "NO" and threw five of them on the floor on purpose. I asked her to leave the class and she yelled that. So I suppose there are a few that I cannot reach because they have major anger issues or personal problems. I want to stay a teacher. This school is very hard. I get called a racist everyday from African-American and Hispanic students because I am the only Asian working there. YET those students call each other the "N----" word daily and I try to make them stop calling each other that. Thanks anyways for the advice. I guess I will keep trying and not quit. I am not a quitter but I really wish that my situation and school was a lot better!!!

Fanny Phoenix Dear New teacher,

you are not a qitter, when you leave this school on the contrary you are very brave, if you decide that way.

Anyway, try if you like. I tried too, but in the end it nearly ruined me completely. Eight months ago I was so ill that I had to leave my old school. There was no other way because I really didn't want to ...See More

Sep 8, 2011

Old Teacher You are welcome, New Teacher.

Get out of that school! You do not deserve to be called a "B______", do you?

Connecting with a few, even if that is possible, is not enough to keep going to that toxic place and being abused, yes, ABUSED.

You are being treated badly and called a racist by a bunch of RACISTS. Do you deserve th...See More

Sep 8, 2011

Fanny Phoenix Dear old teacher,

I think you are right.

Where do you teach?

Please write back :-) Yours, Fanny

On 9/08/11, Old Teacher wrote: > You are welcome, New Teacher. > > Get out of that school! You do not deserve to be called a > "B______", do you? > > Connecting with a few, even if that is possible, i...See More

Sep 9, 2011

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