Part of Slice of Life by Two Writing Teachers.
Right Now I am:
Listening to a robotic voice tell me about value added assessment
Feeling my eyes roll
Watching my colleagues’
Eye Rolls
Mouths open
Shocked stares
Wrinkled noses
As we listen to the robot tell us
what it means to plan instruction
verify our roster
have integrity
and take responsibility for the proportion of our instruction based on enrollment but not attendance or weather
I am still:
Wondering why the robot is proud that the assessment system is part of the largest privately held software company in the world.
Comparing the state of education to the Hunger Games
Assuming I would be the first one killed by the “Peacekeepers”
Attempting to understand the math
the point
and how this will help my students
May the odds be ever in our favor*
*My apologies to Suzanne Collins
On a Thought 