From: "Laura Bashlor" <lauralou@gatecoms.gatecom.com>
Subject: Ideas needed.
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 07:56:22 -0500
For all teachers involved in "Live From..." or other electronic projects, A new problem just surfaced. I am going to be out of the classroom for from 2 to 3 weeks (operation). We are short of substitute teachers in Michigan and using some who do little more than baby-sit. I was asked to just have a LOT of reading and writing for the three science classes...all bookwork because that is all the sub can do and if the students aren't kept VERY busy they will be uncontrolled. What happens to all of my work on Antarctica, Mars, technology, Lab Activities? Why aren't students leaving college able to do more than "baby-sit"? My own daughter is in her senior year at "the best" teacher college in Michigan and there have been NO technology nor classroom management classes offered. She has had two 4 credit linguistic classes, however, and as I look at what is being presented I don't see them as relevant. No wonder we have substitute teachers who have no classroom skills. I wonder if I will be able to pick up where I left off with the students or if all will have been lost with only a few days back in the classroom before Spring Vacation and then a few more weeks until end of the year. My March Morning Star/Comet watch party plans, needless to say have been canceled. Any ideas? Laura Bashlor Shumate Middle School Gibraltar, Michigan ============================================================== Please visit the students' web page http://www.gatecom.com/~shumate The Town of Gibraltar has a page http://www.gatecom.com/gibraltar My page as Science Teacher is http://www.gatecom.com/~lauralou AND visit Posey the Turtle at http://www.ili.net/~lauralou You might find the Gibraltar Teachers' page interesting http://www.ili.net/~gibtea ===============================================================