Re: HUMOR: New Survivor show

[Mary Wright <myrtes@HOTMAIL.COM>]

After one week, each business person would be campaigning to get voted off!

Miffie Wright
Jonestown Elem LIb
Jonestown, MS


>From: Johanna Halbeisen <johanna@MASSED.NET>
>Reply-To: Johanna Halbeisen <johanna@MASSED.NET>
>To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: HUMOR: New Survivor show
>Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 21:25:46 -0400
>
>Have you heard about the next planned "Survivor" show?
>
>Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped on an island
>with a copy of the district's curriculum and 28 kids each, for 6 weeks.
>Each
>class has five learning-disabled children, three with ADHD, one gifted
>child,
>and two who speak limited English. Three are labeled as severe behavior
>problems.
>
>There is no access to vendors who want to take them to lunch at
>Bellagio.
>
>Each business person must complete lesson plans, modify accordingly,
>teach the kids, handle misconduct, implement boys' town training, write
>referrals, correct homework, compute grades, export grades, input grades
>one at a time on the district's computer because grades didn't export,
>communicate with parents, have conferences with parents, and provide
>a stimulating environment at all times. The business people only have
>access to the golf course on the weekends when all teaching tasks are
>done. There is only one golf course (and they can't afford it anyway on
>their new salary).
>
>The business people must continually advance their education on their
>own time, which they must pay for themselves either by moonlighting
>at a second job or marrying someone with a lot of money.
>
>They must attend workshops; drill the classes for fires and shooting
>attacks,
>tutor those that are behind in the race, keep records on all, not let it
>show
>when they're having a bad day, incorporate read'n, write'n and rithmatic
>every day, and get their two non-English speaking children proficient
>enough
>to take the Terra Nova test. The kids and parents vote them off based on
>performance. The winner gets to go back to his corporate job.
>
>(author unknown)
>
>---------------------
>Johanna Halbeisen, Teacher Librarian
>Woodland Elementary School (preK-4)
>80 Powder Mill Rd.
>Southwick, MA 01077
>johanna@massed.net
>
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