Hypocrisy of Administrators is More than I Can Stand
I'm finishing my 36th year as a public high school teacher. This year I had two sections of seniors 30+ in each class. The class is an elective that can satisfy their senior social studies requirement.
The school I teach at does not have an attendance policy so students can miss a shitload of days and can still pass theoretically. In my morning section of this class I have at least 12 students who have over 50 days absent. All 12 are poised to fail because of a lack of work turned in with 6 days to go in the school year. Now my director wants to do "credit recovery" with these students. I told him in no way will I be gathering up work for them and sitting with them. We had a major blowout on Friday I said to him you have completely invalidated everything I have done this year and your observation of me means shit. I called him a hypocrite and said don't you dare push rigor with me next year. The long term damage they are doing to these kids is mind blowing. Well I guess I don't have to raise them so they are not my problem. I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this lack of holding students accountable.