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Entries Tagged as ‘frustrations’
May 20, 2008
“Biggest Waste Of Time”
Tuesday morning PD. What a delight. These are pre-dawn (ok, a slight exaggeration…) so I am still in my caffeine-not-yet-kicked-in-zombie state and don’t typically absorb much of anything that’s going on. Today, however, one statement made it through loud and clear.
“Every student MUST receive an award at the end of the year celebratory assembly.”
Excuse me? EVERY student? Apparently so. The Almighty [...]
April 17, 2008
Need. Vacation. Now!
Yes, your child is generally a good kid. Unfortunately, today your little darling was a wee bit disrespectful and yes, I chastised this blatant display of rudeness. I hardly think a sharp “Watch your mouth.” is going to leave a permanent scar on your delicate little flower’s soul. You seem to think otherwise. Based on [...]
April 10, 2008
This is Why Nothing Ever Gets Finished
In the last three weeks, I have had only about 2-3 real teaching days per week. Why? Workshops, field trips, student teacher observation bull$hit, random presentations by people from one of gazillions of partnerships we have at the school. Next week we have Earth Day and two days of some sort of testing, so yeah, [...]
February 5, 2008
Running on Fumes
I am having sleep issues. Major sleep issues. This happens every so often, but usually for not more than one or two weeks. For four weeks now I have had crazy insomnia to the point that I am getting no more than a few hours of sleep every night. It’s more than just having a hard [...]
January 26, 2008
Protected: January vs The World
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January 27, 2007
Swimming Upstream
Friday:
Two of my students got jumped (one boy, one girl), near school. Why? Because they are nerdy looking, had big backpacks, were wearing a school uniform and were in the “wrong” section of the street. One was ok, the other left in an ambulance (she will be ok, but they broke her hand and her [...]
January 10, 2007
Cold Pricklies
We have been trudging through the required test prep this week and the kiddos have been lulled into obedient submission. I personally think it sucks, and they are much more interesting when they are actually using their brains in a productive manner, but, I digress.
I know that middle school is all about the [...]
