The Class SPAWNED FROM HELL!

So yeah one of La Directora's underlings came to my Up Close I class tonight and told me that I had to let them out of the class about 5 minutes early because the whole class wanted to come and talk to her. This, of course, was a surprise to me because not one of them has come to me to indicate that there was any kind of problem. On top of that, they are over half way through the class. In my defense these kids/adults have barely been doing their homework. I took their workbooks home with me to grade and found that 3 of the students had a workbook that had previously belonged to another student and was completely finished. Not only that but these students are either REALLY REALLY stupid, I mean the most moronic kind, or they think that I am the stupid moronic one to not notice that there was another student's name in the very beginning of the workbook. Either way it's not looking good for the future of this class. In addition to my defense, I have visited a student or two from the same class to find out why they have not been coming to class. The response that I received was, "It interferes with work and I didn't feel like coming". I knew this class was doomed to hell from the first day because when I was talking, no one was understanding anything. When I gave the first homework, everyone came back saying, "We had homework? (in spanish)". I taught Up Close II last term and that was hard but these students understand NOTHING! When I took the class I figured that it would be better and maybe a bit easier since I managed to get through Up Close II last term. I think the problem with Up Close I is that they need to be "broken in". I am really hoping that La Directora takes this class from me since it starts at 7:30pm. She had another teacher go into the class tonight to talk to the students again to find out what some of the issues were. He came back with things such as:

1. The students are saying that you give homework for information that you have never taught before.

Response: Before the first exam I was giving homework as more of a preteaching exercise. The work was not graded just merely looked at as to whether they made an attempt at it or not and then we went over the answers in class during my teaching of the information. Since I found that I couldn't reason with them and explain to them that this is what I was doing and that not completing the entire homework was not hurting them...I decided to change my method. Before the second exam I was giving homework only after I had taught the material. At times I would tell the students on a Monday that they needed to complete all exercises for this Unit in the workbook and give it to me by Friday. During the same week is when I would be teaching the information. I guess some of the students still looked at that as I was giving homework for information that I had not yet taught but once again I could not communicate this to them...not like anyone of the students questioned me on it anyway.

2. The students say that you are talking to fast.

Response: Once again, none of the students mentioned this, not even the ones who I knew without a doubt understood what I was saying. (so I was thinking...so you mean to tell me that the entire class got together to decide to talk to the director but not one time did they decide to get together with one of the students that knew english a bit better than the rest to tell me that there was any kind of problem...hmmm)

*****DID I MENTION THAT BY SCHOOL POLICY I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS IN SPANISH???*****

Some side info:

I signed up, last year, for a teacher's course that helped you to be a better teacher. The teacher that they sent into my Up Close I class tonight is the one who is teaching this course.

He asked me why I had not been in the teacher's class and I responded with, "What teacher's class?"
His response was, "O.O! The one on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00pm"
I said, "Oh how nice, and conveniently La Directora KNEW that I didn't have any classes at that time and never once said anything to me. Oh by the way, when did the class start?"
He said, "February"
I said, "Wonderful... -_-, I guess I'll be attending them now"

I think that La Directora didn't tell me about this class because all this time she has been trying to get me to take another group at this same time. I already have 7 groups when most other teachers have 3. Another thing that I found out that she conveniently didn't tell me was that the next spanish class starts in March (there is only one every four months or so). If I remember correctly she told me that it was starting in April when all my other classes would be finished and I can sign up again. She apparently doesn't want me to learn spanish.

The subject about La Directora that I have yet to publish in my blog due to the fact that just thinking about it works me up into such a frenzy that I get seriously sick and end up in bed for the rest of the night.....is about PAY, MONEY, DINERO, MULAH!!! She isn't paying me what she told me she was going to pay me. *stops there before she works herself up into another frenzy*

Basically it's to the point where I can't stand to look at her, hear her, or even mention her name.

As a suggestion from quite a few others...I will be looking for a better school.