Just when I think that I've survived a week here and it doesn't seem as bad as the first day, now that I've had some time served behind me, I come in and feel like I don't know where I am or what to do, or that I'll be here forever, and won't last much longer here.
Shota came in to say hello and offered some words of encouragement.
"Don't worry about it, man. They'll forget about you in here and you can just relax. Don't let it get to you. This place ain't that bad."
Just when I think that I can find some peace and solace in this place, I hear what I presume is somebody joking around with others, only it doesn't sound so humorous, as I hear somebody shouting loudly as they bang on the closed door of another room nearby, "Police! Open the door!" Why does this happened? I know that friends of mine and I have played such games on one another in college, but not in situations where we might cause disturbance to others. Again, I feel this is not a professional place. I wonder whether that's because of its inhabitants. I also wonder about other places and whether conditions there are a result of it's inhabitants or whether it attracts certain inhabitants because of its conditions.
I wonder about Bronx and why it's not very clean.
I wonder about why I work where I work.
I wonder about the classrooms of my colleagues and I, and why they're not clean.
I wonder why our supervisors yell at us for our classrooms not being clean.
I wonder why Bob the janitor smiles at me when I wave goodnight to him.
I wonder why I wonder why.
What is "The Rubber Room?" Simply put, "The Rubber Room" is a room where hundreds and hundreds of New York City schoolteachers presently sit, being paid full salary to do absolutely nothing. But, like so many things, it's not quite so simple... What Happens? Each year in New York City hundreds of schoolteachers are suspended. Their teaching privileges are temporarily, but indefinitely, revoked. Accused of a wide range and varying degrees of misconduct, these teachers are no longer allowed in the classroom. Instead, while awaiting a lengthy adjudication process, they are compelled to report to an off-campus location commonly referred to as The Rubber Room.
Read this newspaper article about it. Look at the trailer for a documentary film about the rubber-room. Look at the film's website. Listen to the radio broadcast on NPR's This American Life.
Read this newspaper article about it. Look at the trailer for a documentary film about the rubber-room. Look at the film's website. Listen to the radio broadcast on NPR's This American Life.
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