Linda,
    Thanks for posting this. I just forwarded it to a close friend who
teaches special ed in New York City. So, when do you go back to the rigors
of teaching 5th grade?
    Susan
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From: "Linda Wagner" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: Fw: New "Survivor" Show for Teachers


> Have you heard about the next planned Survivor show?
>
>
> Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped in an
> elementary school classroom for 6 weeks.
> Each business person will be provided with a copy of their school
> district's curriculum, and a class of 28 students.
> Each class will have five learning-disabled children, three with
>  A.D.D., one gifted child, and two who speak limited English. Three will
be
> labeled as "severe behavior  problems."
> Each business person must complete lesson plans at least 3 days in
> advance with annotations for curriculum objectives and modify, organize,
or
> create materials
> accordingly.
>  They will be required to teach students, handle misconduct, implement
> technology, document
> attendance, write referrals, correct homework, make bulletin boards,
>  compute grades, complete  report cards, document benchmarks, communicate
> with parents, and  arrange parent conferences.
> They must also supervise recess and monitor the hallways. In addition,
>  they will complete drills for fire, tornadoes, or shooting attacks.
> They must attend workshops, (100 hours), faculty meetings, union meetings,
> and curriculum
> development meetings. They must also tutor those students who are behind
and
> strive to get their 2  non-English speaking children proficient enough to
> take the Terra Nova and EPA tests.
> If they are sick or having a bad day they must not let it show. Each day
> they must incorporate reading, writing, math, science, and social studies
> into the program.
> They must maintain discipline and provide an educationally stimulating
> environment at all times.
> The business people will only have access to the golf course on the
> weekends, but on their new salary they will not be able to afford it
anyway.
> There will be no access to vendors who want to take them out to lunch, and
> lunch will be limited to 30 minutes.
> On days when they do not have recess duty, the business people will be
> permitted to use the staff restroom as long as another survival candidate
is
> supervising their class. They will be provided with two 40-minute planning
> periods per week while their students are at specials.
> If the copier is operable, they may make copies of necessary materials at
> this time.
> The business people must continually advance their education on their own
> time and pay for this advanced training themselves. This can be
accomplished
> by moonlighting  at a second job or marrying someone with money. The
winner
> will be allowed to return to his or her job.
>
> Pass this to your friends who think teaching is easy and to the ones  that
> think it is hard.
>
> They will both benefit.