I paid for the Desk in my classroom, a cabinet that doubles as a stand for the overhead projector, the stereo is mine, the speakers are mine, the microphone is mine, I paid for the laptop and even after 2 years they still owe me money on it, the videos on my laptop I put together or downloaded, some I filmed myself, all of this I paid for. then they ran out of money so the copier and all the printers were down for months…so I bought a printer. the other day I caught the boss trying to hook his laptop up to my fucking printer, what, the, fuck.
I dont mind paying for most of that stuff, I use it, its mine, when I leave they either buy it or I take it with me. but the printer was so I would have supplies for MY CLASSES that they couldnt supply me with.
you should expect to pay for some stuff as a teacher, you are delusional if you think otherwise. but you should not ever have to pay for required supplies.
One of the fun rules of our school is that if you bring it into the classroom to be classroom equipment, it magically becomes school property. If I go to a different school, in theory at least I have to leave the chair I’ve brought, the many books I’ve brought, the games I’ve brought, etc. It’s part of the reason that I have an unused monitor at home and a defective monitor at work: I don’t want to take the home monitor to school, because if I do, I know they’ll consider it theirs.
Now that officially blows. How do they get away with such an asinine rule?
When I worked as an HVAC mechanic, I had to jump through a few hoops on bringing in my own tools. I basically brought them in and registered them with the Tool Room. When I left, I turned in my tools and left with my cheapo Radio Shack digital multimeter, a few handy multi-function tools I liked to carry and my caliper I made occasional use of.
My asshole boss, who I knew was an asshole, gave me a hard time about the multimeter and I marched him to the tool room and the Tool room guy happily produced my list of registered tools. I also had copies of the sheets at home if it came to it. Normally, no checking was done when someone left, my boss was just a king size moron.
Actually, I think I was wrong about that: I double-checked with another teacher this afternoon, and she said she hadn’t heard of the rule. There is a much more reasonable rule that anything we get through a grant belongs to the classroom and not to the teacher, and I’m guessing that I got that rule confused in my mind. Either that, or the other teacher is unaware of the sucky rule.
There are plenty of IT jobs in my area. A little more than a year ago, I had to choose between a branch office of a highly regarded Fortune 500 and the headquarters of a less regarded Fortune 25. I chose the bigger company, mostly because it was closer to my house.
A month ago, I left that company and joined a very small company, partially because I can wear jeans every day, I don’t have to shave*, and I don’t have to kiss much ass.
I’m, like, so totally stupid. What was I thinking?
As the compulsive dry-humping indicates, this rabbit is male.
I don’t really have a huge comment to make on this whole Pit except that Zambini57 is a dick. I know I’m feeding but don’t care much about it. Oh, and fuck off asshole. You sound like a stereotypical asshole who just graduated college with a worthless degree and a chip on his shoulder. Make a contribution besides bullshit and provide a cite for your leading ways that none of us except those in ‘your secret service’ have been privy to. I’m glad you never blew your nose and you’ve found everything you’ve ever needed through your 007 ways and worldly contacts. Dick.
I don’t have a clue whatever the hell you are yapping about with the 007 crap.
I think you need a rest. Maybe a nice quiet rest with basket-weaving, white coats and all the Valium you can swallow.
I bet you are another teacher.
Bottom line, no teacher HAS to buy supplies for his/her class. If they choose to do so, it is for their own convenience. In which case, they have no cause to bitch about it.
I’m really not interested in other teachers chiming in about how tough their job is. If you continue to do so, all I have to say is what everyone hears when they bitch about their job:
You chose it, so deal with it. If you don’t like it, can’t handle it, then quit.
While I appreciate your continuing to fill the role of douchebag’s advocate, you might be taking it a little too far. Thing is, you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
For the record, a teacher who refused to purchase any supplies for the classroom would run a serious risk of being fired. The evaluation tool that administration uses takes into account things like the classroom environment, the quality of lessons, etc.; it does not take into account what the teacher’s allotted budget is. If your classroom lacks Kleenex, that will be noted as a sign of an uninviting classroom.
