There’s not much more of a thankless job than being a teacher in a public high school. You’re essentially being paid to baby-sit people’s kids while they’re at work, but unlike a real babysitter, it’s your job to make sure they don’t do anything fun.
And to make things even worth, now that every teenager has a camera phone, your inevitable nervous breakdown will be captured and placed on YouTube for prosperity. You can argue if kids should have the right to upload these clips or not, but really that’s missing the forest from the trees.
The underlining point is students don’t want to be in school and the only way to make learning more effective is to let them talk about what they want to talk about anyway. Which is why I’d like to suggest Boyfriend Class.
Boyfriend Class would consist of writing an essay as homework talking about your boyfriend. Everyday you’d read it to the class and be graded on things like writing skill and grammar. For instance, if your boyfriend was just caught cheating on you; you’d lose points if you called the girl he was caught cheating with a “hore” not a “whore”
There would also be a male version called “Talking about the girls I banged last night even though I don’t even know what a female looks like” class.
I can’t guarantee this would lead to kids learning more, but at least the cell phone videos they post on YouTube will be more entertaining.
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