Another Teachers Review

January 27, 2016

Day 212 as an Oklahoma Teacher

     To be honest, I laughed at some parts of this show. The narcissistic teacher wanted to try out for the Bachelor, so for the entire show, she was making a video. She wore a sexy leopard print dress with lots of cleavage showing. A student and a teacher were also part of the video. Another teacher had a student who crawled up into the ceiling, and for the entire show, she tried several ways to get him out of the it. A teacher cussed in class and bribed the students with coupons from Wendy's, and another one requested a mixer for single dads and teachers. The show ended with a teacher falling through the ceiling onto another teacher, the school superintendent visiting the school, and the Bachelor video turning into a safety video for the school. I almost forgot the student who crawled around in the ceiling was able to spend 30 minutes a day sitting up there.

     There were a couple of lines that were said that caught my attention. The teacher who crawled through the ceiling throughout the entire show said "I gave up management opportunities to be a teacher." She didn't want to lose her job as a teacher because of the kid who was crawling around in the ceiling. I wondered if the script writer was making fun of people who chose teaching as a career or was making a statement that people who teach are special for choosing such a low-paying job. In my opinion, it was the first one; the teachers in the show are portrayed in a demeaning manner but in a comical way.  Does using comedy justify the way the teachers are described? From what I have seen so far, no teaching has occurred in any of the classes. Also, the Superintendent said that he was proud of the safety video that the teachers  created because it showed that they were motivated, were thinking outside the box, and were feminists who realized there was more to be accomplished in the world. What does this comment insinuate about teachers? Instead of making fun of teachers, the hard work and issues should be the focus.  Maybe, there should be a reality TV show about Teachers.