A Serious Choice
I need help. Closely examine the two images below and vote. Which of these original Teachbad designs would you rather see on a coffee mug sometime in the near future?
I know what I said. But it turns out some of you actually are just lazy and not that smart.
Coffee Cups
Have a very Happy Memorial Day. You deserve it. Smell that sweet June air right around the corner…
Teachbad
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I like the stick figures because it is so true. I’ve had almost the exact same situation in most of my classes this year.
I have similar situations:
Me: So you add the 4x and 7x and get?
Student: 5x?
Me: No, try again
Student: 6x?
Me: No.
Student 7x?
Me: Stop Guessing and think about it.
Student: (pause) 9x?
Me: THIS ISNT THE CLOCK GAME!
Student: What’s the clock game?
The stick figure design is for home use. The other design is for the office. We need both!
agreed!
I like the first one. The second one is a dream which will never take place.
As for the summer, I’m working on a master plan which is geared towards finding another career ;O)
Me too! What’s yours?
The first one is HILARIOUS.
I can’t decide. The first seems to make frustrated teachers look as bad as disinterested kids; the second is a bumper sticker for a Prius. How about a cartoon that highlights that, no matter what, nearly everyone gets a diploma (kind of like getting a trophy for being on a soccer team, even if your team sucks).
Agreed, Knee Deep. How about the stick figure mug with mathematical equation ion the board that compares teacher pay and work load and admin pay and created work load.
Sipping my morning joe in a cup that cryptically and sardonically points out the above travesty while being told by one megalomaniac that I parked in the wrong parking spot is a lovely idea.
OOO. I have this Shakespearean insult mug that is covered with phrases of Elizabethan phrases of slander. I’d LOVE a mug covered with such vile phrases as “Differentiation” “21st Century Learning” “Do Now” blah, blah, blah. Even one that undercuts these phrases: Differentiation: What’s the difference? Do now, dammit. etc.
I may have to open a rival teacher porn store. Jk, back to the weekend.
You’re on to something, Teach 22. That’s the mug, t-shirt and tattoo I want: a muddle of all the crap-jargon we’re forced to live with.
I swear to god I’d buy one for every teacher I know. The ones I like, anyway.
Can you make one of those for us, Teachbad?
Why not create one on Wordle?
I’m not a big fan of either. The caption on the first one could be pithier. I agree with Knee Deep, the second one is a Prius bumper sticker.
What about a teacher’s daily To Do list on one side in 4 pt font. The other side says “The reality of teaching today.”
Or on one side a picture of Johnny’s teacher saying, “Johnny has been absent 86% of the time, not turned in one assignment and failed every test.” Picture of Johnny in graduation garb, exclaiming “I made honor roll!” (Optional tag line: The reality of teaching today.)
Miss Friday, I like the one you suggested:
“Johnny has been absent 86% of the time, not turned in one assignment and failed every test.” Picture of Johnny in graduation garb, exclaiming “I made honor roll!” (Optional tag line: The reality of teaching today.)
haha…TB’s gonna regret asking us! I keep thinking up ridiculous ideas…..like, the Twelve Months of Teaching (ala Christmas style), beginning with September’s optimism and ending in August’s poverty. Sets of 12 available in mug, tumbler, or wine glass.
Mr. T–I am SO disappointed. I thought your “decision” was going to be between 2 jobs you had been offered:
that of U.S. D.o.Ed. Secretary of Ed or D.C.
Superintendent of Schools.
I should have known better, you trickster!!!
Sorry Mr. Teachbad. I like the old design better. I would prefer if you didnt change it.
What do you mean? “Teaching Kinda Sucks”? If that’s the case, fear not for it is not going anywhere.
Not on Topic:
But I saw this blog: http://www.anurbanteacherseducation.com/2011/01/could-you-make-my-job-more-difficult.html
and thought of you. I think maybe the largest teachers unions should put together their own PR and lobbying company — clearly there are people you could recruit.
I used to work with this guy! We were in the same horrible department at the same horrible school in 2009/10. His name is JAmes and he is good.
im with both. stick not good for work.
if suggestions are welcome, i would leave out the “school” part of the other mug. just focus on the teachers.
focus on supporting them and you ARE supporting your school. put support your school and that gives to the idea that the teachers need to be improved. youre supporting the school/admins NOT the teachers. (school/admins with your support make the teachers do stuff to be better.)
just thoughts i had when i saw the mugs. love your blog tb.