It’s Official: We’re Out of Ideas
by teachbad
This is just getting embarrassing now; the way administrators flail about in hopes of finding the right combination of gimmicks to turn their schools around. It would be merely funny if it wasn’t also guaranteed to cause additional unnecessary stress for teachers, waste their time, and generally contribute to the disingenuous atmosphere of the school.
Let me explain.
I was told of a new initiative at my old school by a friend. That there is a new initiative is not surprising; there are many every year and they hardly ever fail to not succeed. Most of them disappear within weeks or months; crushed to dust by the weight of their own silliness and the rational, passive non-compliance this elicits in teachers. The new initiative is this:
All teachers are required to shake hands with all students at the beginning of all periods.
If carried out, this policy would produce about 6000 extra total handshakes in the school per day and a yearly total of just over 1 million. No doubt this initiative is designed to demonstrate a coerced outward display of respect for stu
