School Timetable
I have always kept our promises, and then begin the adventure of the story of a school year at a middle school "located in the area at risk" in the center of Palermo.
And it starts with a good question: What does it mean area at risk? At the risk of what?
And the answer that I gave myself too surprised me.
teachers at risk. Not likely that the teachers but the kids are likely to have certain teachers.
Friday June 12 was the last day of class. Now school pupils are cut to the bone, present only the kids of the third to complete the exam preparation.
arrive at 9.40 am the head teacher who, hearing noise
schoolchildren , Went to the "autonomous zone" (former housing in a princely palace servants) to see what happens. Find a third of the boys happy and carefree stories of their loves. Even the shadow of a teacher up to 9.50. At that time appears in the hallway a teacher who comes to greet the headmaster and pupils immediately triggered the question: "Guys who do you have?". "You", they respond in chorus. And the president, he insisted: "But as the last day of class she does not know its time?". He continues: "Good job" and go away without batting an eyelash
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This is not an isolated case. On June 5, 2008 a colleague told me: "Do you think I've figured out how to work the schedule this year?". Two considerations
I
of engaging :
- It is unthinkable that a worker does not know the place and time of his work.
- You can arrive late, we're men. But sometimes, I know, two or three times a year. Every Friday seems to me too.
A nice problem to the school year: A teacher works 18 hours per week. Every week for 33 times (there are many weeks of school) in a school year delayed 20 minutes. How many hours to recover to earn an honest salary? And since you'll always look around the other side of the coin and read: "How many vacation days more than the others you work so late?". And say that the age of technology would be enough to set the agenda for your mobile to find out in "real time" at what time and what place recarsi.Io that with technology are a bit
' denied and annoys me a lot to read the instructions phone to find out how to set the agenda, do so. Every year I buy a journal, such as those school pupils in first grade (sorry, Primary School) on the back cover and stick a prospectus with the 'time
written in pencil. Then, not satisfied yet, the same time schedule, also written in pencil, put it under the glass top of my desk so I could see every night and every morning. So never wrong, and not because
are good but because
arretrato.E are technologically more. A number plate is moving at Palermo. So one day I go into the car and one day I take the bus. With the use car
half hours of traffic to get to school and get off home at 7.45. With the bus I never know what time I arrive. So I get off from home at 7.30. Every morning at 8.00/8.10 am at school. With a bit
' of good will can arrive on time every day. The unexpected, just because
unexpected happens "every blue moon." If it happens every week or every day is no longer imprevisto.Due simple steps that allow me to be punctual and precisely how to be a worker.
Dell ' time school I already written (it would be good to re-read) on 30 0 0 tt October 2008 in the diary entry.