Satire, Sarcasm and Swearing: My Journey
To close out the year, give myself a little break, and celebrate three magical years of Mr. Teachbad’s Blog of Teacher Disgruntlement, I’ve decided to post a little retrospective.
What follows are the Top Ten most-read posts from each year of Teachbad’s glorious history. I tried picking my personal favorite Top Ten, but it soon became clear that would be even more self-indulgent and time-consuming than this was. Let me know if you think I have progressed or declined.
Thanks for reading and I hope you all have a great break, enjoying friends and family.
Meanwhile, if you’re jonesing for something fresh and different, you could try this. Last week I posted this on my Facebook page:
What followed was a somewhat coherent and sometimes thoughtful discussion of gun control, which was quickly swallowed up in a sea of anti-gun people calling pro-gun people stupid and pro-gun people called anti-gun people pussies. It ended, and I really wouldn’t have predicted this in the beginning, with me making a spirited defense of my pimp and wishing Merry Christmas to a hostile redneck. (If you decide to read this thread, please don’t respond to someone named King William. We don’t need him to reengage. Thank you.)
And now to the Archives:
2010
Maybe You’re Just Not High School Material January 13
Fire Bad Teachers (But Who’s Bad?) March 11
Teacher Finally Apologizes: Achievement Gap My Fault October 7 Fake Education News
I Was a Shittier Teacher This Week October 21
Teachbad Differentiation Video October 26 video
Teachbad’s Care and Feeding of Rubrics November 14 video
When Truth Sneaks Up On You November 30
Principal Seeks to Replace Student Body, Improve Scores December 10 Fake Education News
Arrogance and Education Reform December 15
Teacher Fakes Bomb Threat To End Faculty Meeting December 28 Fake Education News
2011
Principal Training Summit Video January 23 video
Dawn of The Dumbest Data or… February 02
Jesus Loves You, But Everyone Else Thinks You’re An Asshole March 4
Pure Rant March 11
Circus For Grown-Ups May 14
I Feel So Cheap and Dirty, Part I June 11
Out of a Job; In the News August 8
The “Do Now” September 30
Top 10 Reasons Teaching Sucks November 28
Teachbad Watches Waiting For Superman: Part I December 13
2012
Waiting For Superman to Fix All These Shitty Parents January 10
Insane or Numb? Please Report February 23 guest post by Jessica Knapp
If You Build a Better Crutch, We’ll Make a Lazier Student May 1
Teacher Annoyance Survey: One Question May 10
Dear Teachers: Please Stop Being So Difficult May 17 book review
Smart Kid Hates Group Work July 23 Fake Education News
It’s Official: We’re Out of Ideas August 22
Back to School Night, Part I September 21
Teachbad and Student: A Moment September 28
Top 10 Teacher Beliefs November 26
As for whether you have progressed or declined, I’d say neither. The latter posts/threads have been coming from a different place: As an EX-teacher. So, I can see, for obvious reasons, that your latter posts have been coming from a happier place and with less “anger/discontent”. I guess I can say the same for myself, in terms of my replies since becoming an EX-teacher.
Bottom line, your posts have not loss any steam as a whole. They’re just a little less angry if anything lol
Old posts were written by an exhausted and battle weary teacher who deflected agony with humor.
New posts are commentary. There it is.