Journal #4

Hey, I apologize that this journal is late, but I was out winter camping last Friday:. (Let me just say, camping should be left to be done in the summer).

Lately, in the newspaper teachers and schools have been getting slandered. Personally, I do feel the frustrations and concerns, but I feel that we are directing them in the wrong direction. It is not the educators that we should be frustrated with, we should be frustrated with the district, then the government. If the government would give a little more consideration to what the educators have to deal with across the country, their jobs are definitely not as easy as they look. Personally, I find there to be way too many kids in classes, which makes it harder to control a class when the students out number a teacher 31-1. Also, it makes it more difficult to get one on one attention for extra help. Also, school budgets should be pushed up so we could afford the necessities it needs, for maybe a few fix-ups, better working bathrooms, papertowel for the bathrooms, fix-up broken lockers so people don't have to share lockers or be without a locker. Honestly, our school could be really great if a little more money was given, if teachers were given time and good sized classes so they could help students, and potentially bring up the passing rate.