Teaching in STX25 There was a lot of arguing between the VI government and the teachers’ union regarding teacher certification back in the early 201...

Teaching in STX24 Angel Swindell ran UVI CELL on St. Croix. For those of you who have never heard of UVI CELL - from the internet – A Division of ...

stjohnjulie - I knew the certification problem was bad but I didn't know how bad until I read this the other day - I am going to write a bit abou...

Teaching in STX23 Three strikes and you’re out; Complex, Manor, and AZ. I had had enough with teaching full time; too much disappointment, drama, an...

Teaching in STX22 One of the words that got used at Manor School was also a word that could be applied to AZ Academy. That word is, “Family.” When m...

Stjohnjulie – Thanks for the info on UVI tuition. Hopefully lots of kids will take advantage of a wonderful opportunity. Also kudos to you for supplem...

Teaching in STX21 If you read those last two articles in my previous message about the last two graduations at AZ Academy, you might have noticed so...

Teaching in STX20 After a year at Complex and one at Manor School, AZ Academy was like a breath of fresh air. The owners of the school, Paula and Ma...

Teaching in STX19 After an uncomfortable year at Manor School, I applied for and received a job at AZ Academy where somehow I got roped into bringin...

Teaching in STX18 Anything to kill a day. This wasted day could go under government corruption but since I was supposed to be teaching, I’ll put it ...

Teaching in STX17 So, what did parents get for their money when they sent their children to us? I think the most important things for parents was th...

Teaching in STX16 I remember a funny saying that goes: "None of us is totally worthless, even the worst of us can serve as a bad example." For those...

Teaching in STX15 One day, Mrs. Gadd said something to me that filled in a lot of blanks. She and I were arguing about my students’ grades as was a ...

Teaching in STX14 The Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT has been vilified in recent years. Some colleges have dropped it and then added it back. What’...

Teaching in STX13 My eleventh and twelfth graders were a different story. In theory they had already completed their mathematical education and wer...

Teaching in STX12 Within the first few weeks at Manor School, I realized something was very wrong. I had distributed each class their textbooks and ...

Teaching in STX11 SHOW ME THE MONEY. If a private school is rolling in money, their finances can be kept under wraps. However, if a private school i...

Teaching in STX10 I got to meet the math teacher whose job I was replacing on his last day at the school. He had taught math to all the students in ...

Teaching in STX9 After my job at Complex ended in June, I thought about teaching in a private school. After all, I figured, it has to be better than...

Teaching in STX8 In February, after HOVENSA announced their closing and the end of our program in June, everything fell apart. This was both good an...

Teaching in STX7 I mentioned a couple of messages ago that I was determined to figure out why most of my students were such underachievers. Above, I...

Teaching in STX6 I seem to be complaining a great deal about St. Croix schools. However, there is one aspect of Massachusetts schools that I find fa...

Teaching in STX5 Cheating is universal. That’s my opinion based on my students in Massachusetts and St. Croix. As a teacher, I have always tried to ...

Teaching in STX4 Remember, I said that our program’s students were not very bright. One day I was walking the class through a problem at the board t...

Teaching in STX3 In Massachusetts, I taught five classes of twenty-five students each. They were packed in like sardines. The school district had in...