Well, I was talking to this girl last night and I am really starting to find out how similar librarians are to teachers. It's not that I don't like teachers I just don't want one as a girlfriend. There is a tendency to complain about school and talk about students and the staff all of the time. I practically zone out whenever the discussion ends up there. It's like I know it is bad and I always wonder why people stay as teachers. If it is so bad, then quit.  I'll say that and then they say," But I love my job and I love the kids." If that's true then why do they complain all of the time? Sorry I'm venting. And why is it that teachers don't seem to know how to react to other teachers and staff well. It frightens me to hear the stories about teachers dreading getting sent to principal's office the same way a student would. I mean, it is like no one ever figured out how the real world operates and they still think of themselves as students, they just get a lounge. If I was a teacher and it was in my contract to leave at 3, I'd be gone at 3.  I wouldn't work at all in the evenings, I wouldn't even do lesson plans. I would wait until I arrived in the morning, let the kids socialize for 10 minutes while I prepared a shorter lesson plan. Then I would teach. If I had a test I would always use scantrons and have the computer spit out the grade. I wouldn't give any homework either. The only work they would have to do would be studying for the tests. If a kid got out of line I would put them in the corner with a dunce hat on their head and it would be mandatory for all the kids to laugh at that kid for at least 10 seconds. If a principal wanted me to do more I would say "not unless you put an addendum in my contract to raise my hours and my rate". If they requested my presence at the principal's office I would wait at least a day before I showed up just to prove how busy I was. If I was ever scolded by a principal or another teacher I would talk to their superior about their unprofessional behavior. Man, I so do not want to ever teach. I feel sorry for the teachers and what they have to put up with, I honestly think they should privatize the whole thing and make it a more professional atmosphere with better pay and less bickering. Now, I shall hear from my teacher friends about how wrong I am, and I do admit I am wrong because I am an outsider. I am venting and I am not even a teacher or a parent. BTW, what is the best way to break up with a girl? Tell them the truth or just not answer the phone?

Thought of the Day

"Your standards are too high."

"I went out with you."

"That's because my standards are too low."

- Elaine and Jerry, in "The Fix-Up"