Friendship

So I finally went out and met people which was a good thing. I noticed something that I don't think I ever realized before. Every group has the same kind of people in it. I could pick out the different personalities in the group of people I was with that compare to my group of friends!  There is the mom figure, the planner, the laid back one, the girl with the boobs, the funny one, and the crazy mom that is cool enough to hang out with the group. It's funny because I have been one or the other of these personalities in different groups and it varies from in different dynamics. I'm also sure that a lot of people can have more than one of these roles. I just thought it was worth blogging about.  So I guess the question is which one are you? 

I'm getting on my soap box for a minute...Common Core!

Since I'm not in the classroom right now I've had a lot of time to look at all of the buzz around the implementation of the Common Core. It appears that people are not happy. Well hello  I have been saying this for a while now!  This is going to set our children back once again! We have been taught that all children learn differently i.e. differentiated instruction, but now teachers are supposed to teach how the common core tells them. Doesn't that go against everything you have been taught as a teacher! Why would you go to school to learn all of these strategies to help kids learn but then when you get out you need to throw all of that out of the window and do what the Common Core tells you. It's all an experiment at the expense of our children and our teachers. How many will lose their jobs because of this value added and performance based pay? If teacher can't teach to the students they way they need to be taught then their performance will be low and then well I don't have to spell it out but good teacher will be gone because of the Common Core! What were these people thinking! Ok, that's all!