Reply #106: I left before NCLB. [View All]

[immoderate]

But I taught some Regents courses, and there was an instrument that was a measure of my success. Rightly or wrongly it was taken that way. Even I took it that way.

I offered help before and after school. It got some kids through. There were stressful situations. Once I was given an eighth grade class halfway through the year and told to prep them for the ninth year math regents exam. They had little instruction. When the rule came down that all ninth grade students must be in a regents class (whether they could count their fingers or not) I left.

I don't remember the union supporting the extra time, but no one ever objected.

--imm