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and she's going to give them academic planners at a special price to write it all down in!She is gonna have a total breakdown. Jumping from not even tutoring to being the main teacher with no one to help her it can only end bad. I taught at a very little school, never more than 10 students at the time and I was losing it. Students not paying attention, me trying not to escalate things but ending with no self-respect left... And I had (some) teaching qualifications! It was my first teaching job (hopefully the last) and I did learned the hard way that a great student does not equals a good teacher at all.
I think Wuthering Heights is an a level set text? Private school a level classes are usually small (4-5 people), so my guess is she’ll be leading a seminar style revision session once a week with a small group of well behaved English students who have already received the bulk of their teaching on the text by a qualified teacher.
This girl has legit never had a job in her life before, let alone had to deal with teenagers in a school.
You just know she’ll go in there expecting them to just sit quietly, looking up at her adoringly and lapping up every word she says, and when that isn’t the case, she’ll just give up and quit lol.
I give her a week!
You just know she’ll go in there expecting them to just sit quietly, looking up at her adoringly and lapping up every word she says, and when that isn’t the case, she’ll just give up and quit lol.
I give her a week!
I don't think she'll expect that for a long time. That would mean she will continuously be looking forward to her job until she's in the classroom. I think as soon as she started to prepare some content to teach, she began to feel nervous, and then before the job starts that feeling will turn into numerous panic attacks. Remember how she even had a panic attack because she was seeing too many people of her own family?
I hope they will at least give her some kind of tutor for the first few days, she'll find out how hard it is for her anyway
See I think the opposite, I honestly think she’s so arrogant that she’ll be absolutely raring to go with no nerves at all, and then as soon as she gets into the classroom it’ll all fall apart.
Hello I'm miss Granger I mean bones ummmmmm today we are going to have a productive day
To start with I'm going to give everyone there planners I've put my bank details in it for your parents to pay me for them.
But before we start would anyone like some tea it's my own blend from the company that is very kindly sponsoring today's lesson
To start with I'm going to give everyone there planners I've put my bank details in it for your parents to pay me for them.
But before we start would anyone like some tea it's my own blend from the company that is very kindly sponsoring today's lesson
I just remembered that Holocaust Memorial Day is in just over two weeks and she'll be "working" in a school when it happens...
Will Rubert try to convince the school to let her build a Holocaust Memorial there so she can finally claim she fulfilled her pledge?
Will the memorial look suspiciously like a statue of herself reading a book?
Will she try to "addjookate" the students on the subject by performing a brow-waggling, head-shaking unhinged dramatic reading of one of her own poems about bullies?
Will she cause yet another PR "depacle" by trying to turn the Holocaust into yet another money-making ad scam of some kind?
Taking all bets.
Will Rubert try to convince the school to let her build a Holocaust Memorial there so she can finally claim she fulfilled her pledge?
Will the memorial look suspiciously like a statue of herself reading a book?
Will she try to "addjookate" the students on the subject by performing a brow-waggling, head-shaking unhinged dramatic reading of one of her own poems about bullies?
Will she cause yet another PR "depacle" by trying to turn the Holocaust into yet another money-making ad scam of some kind?
Taking all bets.
I looked up the journal Ruby published in:
"The Paper Shell Review is the University of Maryland's annual journal of critical essays on literary topics.
Each edition of The Paper Shell Review consists of five essays by undergraduate students, selected from a pool of submissions from colleges and universities all around the world. The journal is published by and for undergraduate students at the University of Maryland."
This is a nice idea and a common platform for students to get their first publishing experience. Still, she didn't publish in a normal scientific journal where she'd be assessed alongside (more senior) peers.
These journals, even student-led ones, normally have copy-editors, hence the consistent punctuation. There are usually also 1-2 editors involved, who will probably have molded her essay into something more coherent.
"The Paper Shell Review is the University of Maryland's annual journal of critical essays on literary topics.
Each edition of The Paper Shell Review consists of five essays by undergraduate students, selected from a pool of submissions from colleges and universities all around the world. The journal is published by and for undergraduate students at the University of Maryland."
This is a nice idea and a common platform for students to get their first publishing experience. Still, she didn't publish in a normal scientific journal where she'd be assessed alongside (more senior) peers.
These journals, even student-led ones, normally have copy-editors, hence the consistent punctuation. There are usually also 1-2 editors involved, who will probably have molded her essay into something more coherent.
I was surprised by that also. In the U.S., the marriage status-neutral title of "Ms." has become standard for women almost everywhere. I think you'd have to venture deep into right-wing evangelical culture to find anyone still clinging to the old titles of "Miss" and "Mrs." Case in point: during a U.S. Senate hearing last year, I noticed that the ultra-right wing senator from Tennessee, Marcia Blackburn, had a name plate that designated her as "Mrs. Blackburn"...because of course she did. It's a whole culture war thing over here. Does Piper's Corners have any religious/ideological affiliation?
The president is "The Rt Reverend The Lord Bishop of Buckingham", so it seems like a church of England school (if these can be private?)?
Interestingly, some women on the staff list do refer to themselves as "Ms". Perhaps they can choose their own titles? Must be such a conservative bunch overall though, given that most are Miss or Mrs.
Interestingly, some women on the staff list do refer to themselves as "Ms". Perhaps they can choose their own titles? Must be such a conservative bunch overall though, given that most are Miss or Mrs.
Just out of curiosity I Googled the school and Wuthering Heights as it was one of my A-Level set texts and I really struggle to see Ruby managing A-Level students. However it looks like they teach at least some of it in Y7 in a module on the Gothic novel and I can see Ruby working with the very youngest senior students. I genuinely doubt she will be actually teaching classes alone, I imagine she’s more likely going to be some kind of teaching assistant. This will be interesting as she’s likely to be working more with students who are needing extra support or who are less engaged, which will be a real challenge for her.
I'm from the US & I've never heard of Mrs, Ms & Miss being part of a cultural war type thing. I always assumed Miss was for younger women, Ms for unmarried, and Mrs for married.
It's more of a designation. We use Mr. and Sir interchangeably as well, Mr. being for young men / Sir being for older men. Its an etiquette/professional thing (at least where I am from) and no one sees it as degrading. We have Mx and Mrx as nonbinary / gender-neutral terms for married / unmarried people as well.
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I have no idea how Ruby will survive if she has an entire class to teach. I personally taught a course in high school during uni (not a problem in Finland it seems), and even though I'm way 'tougher' than Ruby, I had a terrible time. I can't imagine her having proper teaching methods, or ways of dealing with difficult or unmotivated students. She must be terrified of starting the job, or at least I would be.
I have no idea how Ruby will survive if she has an entire class to teach. I personally taught a course in high school during uni (not a problem in Finland it seems), and even though I'm way 'tougher' than Ruby, I had a terrible time. I can't imagine her having proper teaching methods, or ways of dealing with difficult or unmotivated students. She must be terrified of starting the job, or at least I would be.
Idk about the US but to be honest, I genuinely think most people in the UK have never even thought about the whole Miss/Mrs thing lol. Some people prefer Ms and so use that instead, but most couldn’t give a rit and it’s defo not considered right wing or evangelical to call yourself Miss/Mrs
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I've taught 11th and 12th graders (in Australia, senior high school level) Legal Studies and I'd say the most difficult part was the behaviour management and dealing with sneaky remarks in the style of 'thats what she said' etc
My education and training is in the Legal Profession, not Teaching. Some of the tit kids come out with these days, I just can just imagine Ruby freaking out. Hell, she had a panic attack while among friends and family over Christmas break.I find it quite strange that other countries find it offensive but also it has become so common in the English-speaking world we don't really think much of it. I remember calling unmarried teachers "Mrs" as a kid and no one batting an eye. This is def a non-English speaking only thingIdk about the US but to be honest, I genuinely think most people in the UK have never even thought about the whole Miss/Mrs thing lol. Some people prefer Ms and so use that instead, but most couldn’t give a rit and it’s defo not considered right wing or evangelical to call yourself Miss/Mrs
Its C of E but it’s the kind of school where it’s all probably quite notional and very traditional - hymns in assembly, a Carol service at Christmas, a Junior school nativity for the parents to coo over and a bit of ‘good works’ with a Harvest Festival. Nothing too evangelical to scare the fee-paying parents, and definitely not religious in the same way as a US private faith school might be.
In terms of Miss, Mrs and Ms, when I was growing up you were Miss until you were married, then Mrs and Ms was unusual, and was generally associated with divorced women. I have always felt it a bit unfair that an adult man is just Mr irrespective of his married status, whereas as women it’s still typical that our titles are defined by our relationship to a man. Personally I’d prefer it if we could just be Ms but to a lot of people it has connotations of the angry feminist. I live with my partner and have no intention of marrying. I use Ms professionally but my mum still insists on using Miss whenever she posts anything to me
In terms of Miss, Mrs and Ms, when I was growing up you were Miss until you were married, then Mrs and Ms was unusual, and was generally associated with divorced women. I have always felt it a bit unfair that an adult man is just Mr irrespective of his married status, whereas as women it’s still typical that our titles are defined by our relationship to a man. Personally I’d prefer it if we could just be Ms but to a lot of people it has connotations of the angry feminist. I live with my partner and have no intention of marrying. I use Ms professionally but my mum still insists on using Miss whenever she posts anything to me
Does anyone else think Ruby going missing between X-mas and New Years was not only because of the 'flu' but also more or less a crash-course job training? I don't know how the education training works in the UK but I would assume shes just a TA or a sub? I looked up the other teachers on the list and they hold senior positions which is...concerning since Ruby is listed right next to them?
It does probably feel very much Anne of Green Gables for Ruby tho. She seems to be all about being an unmarried Jo March type image, so being called Miss probably floats her boat.Idk about the US but to be honest, I genuinely think most people in the UK have never even thought about the whole Miss/Mrs thing lol. Some people prefer Ms and so use that instead, but most couldn’t give a rit and it’s defo not considered right wing or evangelical to call yourself Miss/Mrs
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