teacher stuff again

[dixeedeluxe]

Here's the kind of stuff my sister complains about, as a PE teacher.  She seriously never ever complains about work.  Or anything.  I wish I was more like my sister:

oh man, there is some work drama going on. i just had my administration bring me in to go over the schedule since my coworkers are complaining to them about it. other specialists are upset that they asked us to cover homeroom in the morning and bring our first class down to our class so the teachers could have extended planning. seriously? it's not a big deal. instead of bus duty we have homeroom coverage. they are complaining about the wrong things. i don't like complainers.

I was also wrong.  She has 700 students that she has to assess weekly.  Not 600.  She's split between two schools and those two schools share a PE budget so she has to carry all her shit in her car.  Once at a family party, we played with the sit and reach box!  Remember these!

[TrudyCampbell]

I sucked at sit and reach!

[AndyCohen]

I have no idea what that box is.

[dixeedeluxe]

Aug 28, 2013 14:40:54 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

I have no idea what that box is.

Oh man, you had to do this to see how flexible you were and then you GOT RATED ON IT.  I don't think it was part of your grade, but I think it was like the standardized test for PE.  Correct me if I'm wrong if anyone knows.

[monkeybabe]

Aug 28, 2013 14:50:13 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Aug 28, 2013 14:40:54 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

I have no idea what that box is.

Oh man, you had to do this to see how flexible you were and then you GOT RATED ON IT.  I don't think it was part of your grade, but I think it was like the standardized test for PE.  Correct me if I'm wrong if anyone knows.

As I remember it, it was an end of the year assessment, not a graded thing. I think I had the assessment 5th, 7th, and 9th grades.

[dixeedeluxe]

I'm asking my sister now and I'll see what she says. I only remember doing it in middle and high school, but she's an elementary school teacher and has one.

[AndyCohen]

Aug 28, 2013 14:50:13 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Aug 28, 2013 14:40:54 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

I have no idea what that box is.

Oh man, you had to do this to see how flexible you were and then you GOT RATED ON IT.  I don't think it was part of your grade, but I think it was like the standardized test for PE.  Correct me if I'm wrong if anyone knows.

Was it in elementary school? K through 4 I went to a tiny private school that didn't have PE. Thank goodness I never had to do this!! Every year of highschool we had to run a mile the first day that included a huge hill and got timed. I could never run the whole thing and was always one of the last.

[silverjm]

We just had a ruler too. I think it was part of the presidential physical fitness award.