cheated on, lied to, and now I am moving on

[newmama]

Awest, our kids at school were cranky this week as well-- including S! And he is not a grump normally! Weird.

Good job being insistent with the GM people. They are messing with the wrong woman--you are way too strong to put up with anymore crap from anyone, right?!

About your principal--you certainly do a lot for the students. Giving them a notecard, giving them a review (in a fun way) that practically mimics the questions on the test...that is plenty.
I am at the point as a teacher where I will question my boss on things--question the system! We are not first year naive teachers anymore- we are smart, experienced, still learning (everyone should still be open to learning) and we have extremely demanding jobs. SO when a principal, who can sit back and just field parent complaints but hasn't been in the classroom for years, starts to make unreasonable requests that becomes "micromanaging" our jobs, we need to call him or her on it.

If you weren't providing all of the help to your students, then sure, it might be fair to let them retake. (I had a teacher who would say read these chapters. Be ready for the test. ANd then there would be questions on the test that were barely discussed in class....no, that is not good teaching. Maybe those bad teachers should let the kids retake. BUt you are a good teacher, AWEST!)