You know how you think you’ve carefully previewed a film that you plan to show class and you are sure that you are aware of all the parts you might need to stop and clarify for them, or parts you might need to fast-forward through, etc? Yeah, well, if you’re ever showing “7 Alone” (an [...]
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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 13, 2008
Perception. Part II.
It’s been a flood of activity in the “old” zone this week.
On Tuesday one of my students brought me a nice book of poems to look through. He described the book as “antique”. The copyright is 1994.
I played some music for them one period while they worked on writing metaphors. Twitch seemed shocked that I have [...]
April 3, 2008
Perception
From a story a student handed in the other day:
“He knocked on the door and a very old woman about 34 years old opened the door.”
Hmmm…
April 1, 2008
When A Grill Just Isn’t Enough…
I have some students who have, shall we say, an interesting sense of fashion. They have to wear a uniform, so they need to be pretty creative to really express themselves. Shoes say a lot. The way the laces are worn, the color combinations and the style can clearly speak volumes about who you are. [...]
March 30, 2008
The Last Chance Train Has Already Left The Station
This post over at Have a Gneiss Day speaks to that 11th hour rush that some parents and students think will be able to pull that glaring F up into the passing zone at the last minute.
Our quarter ended Friday and, unfortunately, I had to be out of town for the better part of last [...]
March 13, 2008
Lightbulb!
I have so many students who are so smart and capable of doing well, but they are just a bit lazy. I think we all have those kinds of kids. They should be getting 90’s but they are barely hanging on to a 75 because they try to eek by with the bare minimum of [...]
February 29, 2008
Life In Plastic, It’s Fantastic!*
This week I had my lessons pretty well worked out and had some spare time during one of my preps (amazing!). I wanted to do something useful/worthwhile, so I went to visit Ms. Other Humanities Teacher’s class. I was walking around the room checking out what the kids were working on, and chatting with them a little [...]
February 25, 2008
Home Again, Home Again
It’s always just so sad when break ends. Somehow the week just flew by! Hometown was awesome, saw a lot of old friends, did some skiing, watched the Beau attempt to snowboard, had some of my favorite margarita’s, and literally forgot for a few days that I had a job. *Sigh*
I am still jet-lagged, but [...]
February 6, 2008
Finally!
It’s about time I had a day that didn’t make me want to throw myself off the roof! Things have been ‘meh’ in class lately, and it’s not all about me not sleeping, it’s just that we have been in a rut. We keep having interruptions at school - field trips, more predictive exams for [...]
