tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post7397110013803487157..comments2024-02-06T16:00:09.709-05:00Comments on Under Assault: teaching in NYC: Breaking my silence, musically speakingUAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18260404972111353175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-43292853850810601802009-10-14T21:09:15.492-04:002009-10-14T21:09:15.492-04:00Yes, do contact, and if you've already tried t...Yes, do contact, and if you've already tried to at underassault@earthlink.net, please try again. The account was doing something funny. I think I fixed it.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-79532590153849044332009-10-14T00:28:44.773-04:002009-10-14T00:28:44.773-04:00Sorry for the delayed response. I will contact yo...Sorry for the delayed response. I will contact you on that email. And wow, those are horrible numbers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-60551501911631305042009-09-15T20:50:19.604-04:002009-09-15T20:50:19.604-04:00Anon., please can you write me at UnderAssault@ear...Anon., please can you write me at UnderAssault@earthlink.net so I can update you on something....<br /><br />PS: My registers: 50, 50, 50 52, 53.<br /><br />Wonderful, no?Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-78314899098590876582009-09-15T20:16:20.065-04:002009-09-15T20:16:20.065-04:00I am a music teacher in nyc as well. I left my la...I am a music teacher in nyc as well. I left my last job because the principal, in an attempt to save money, canned the art program and left just the music class, bringing my classes to almost fifty in each one. It was a complete dumping ground. I moved to a new school this September, where the principal has also, under the excuse of "budget cuts," doubled and even tripled most of my classes. Many of these students have IEP's and require special services, but I am given no aid. This is a travesty that the union is responsible for creating, and they should be ashamed of themselves. Even though I believe I am a good teacher, I am seriously considering a change of profession. It's killing me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-68952864426793629222009-01-27T20:49:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:49:00.000-05:00Thanks. The building has A-C, so there is an upsid...Thanks. The building has A-C, so there is an upside to this.<BR/><BR/>Admin is begrudging, not using my best talents (which they've admired in the past). The reinstatement has just re-set the clock. That's important, because having excessed me once, I suspect it'll happen again. RW will no doubt sell the ATRs out at some point, maybe even in the next contract, and I'd rather be at the start of a new excess than already into it for a few years when she collaborates on a time limit for ATRS to get themselves another job (a la Chicago) or get booted out of the system. She says she won't, but what she says and what she does are two different things.<BR/><BR/>Of course, they have a basketful of other tricks to get activist senior teachers out of the system. Teaching music to a register of 50 is surely right up there (LOL).Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-12063084061872080912009-01-27T20:05:00.000-05:002009-01-27T20:05:00.000-05:00I taught music for a while. As a non-music teache...I taught music for a while. As a non-music teacher, I taught this survey of music course that no kid really wanted to take. With 50 kids in a class, grading was a unbelievable chore. That's one rough job, but I'm glad to hear that you're back where you belong.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-76623027974289030232009-01-19T18:47:00.000-05:002009-01-19T18:47:00.000-05:00It hurts me to read about the decimation of music ...It hurts me to read about the decimation of music programs all over the city. Music and art are no less than the underpinnings of a civilized society. I was raised with so much music and school gave me the opportunity to become a musician and learn classical violin. My ear is highly trained and now I use that training as a choral singer (and of course when I'm jamming with my rock friends). My being involved in music helped me from getting caught up in issues with my extremely dysfunctional crazy family. Long Island school districts still have vibrant ongoing music and art programs. Where exactly is the achievement gap?Ms. Tsourishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978868613223436958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-10227193785839056822009-01-19T09:23:00.000-05:002009-01-19T09:23:00.000-05:00A conundrum. The solution if there is a music prog...A conundrum. The solution if there is a music program, just keep teaching.<BR/><BR/>About the broken instruments lying around, when they abandon a music program, they abandon everything to do with it. Columbus HS had a fabulous music program. It was broken into small schools and I was told that the sheet music collection -- huge, expensive, and amassed over years -- was seen strewn all over the abandoned music room. Discarded. In heaps.Under Assaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222267229529062957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132951117640035190.post-42955657249054552162009-01-19T06:45:00.000-05:002009-01-19T06:45:00.000-05:00I had no idea this was going on since the last two...I had no idea this was going on since the last two schools I have been in (I am no longer an ATR) had no music whatsoever! Right now I am teaching English in a music room and the leftover musical instruments are scattered around the room, being abused/destroyed. I don't know which is worse, expecting music teachers to do any meaningful work with an outrageous class load or eliminating music from the high schools altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com