October 2007 - Posts
Lisa at alisha9.wordpress.com asked me several questions for reflection in the comments section of one of my posts. This is how I responded via email. I thought it would be good to share these online. 1. Who does the majority of the talking and writing
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This weekend I got two emails from students in my class. Both will give you a laugh, but they both are creepy.
Okay, this one is really mad at me; I wrote her up for constant tardies to my class. She’s had over 10 this semester. It was time to fix
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I know that many of you are probably cringing at the title of this post. It is killing all of you ELA people–so much bad grammar and slang. One of my best friends just said this after I have told her about everything that has happened in my district
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Last week, I had an interesting thing happen to me. I had a father call up to school b/c he was concerned about his son’s progress. I talked with him, gave him information about the child, set up a conference and emailed him. I sent a copy of the
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The graduate student working on her project is gone. My classroom is back to order. The students are silently working on a guided reading, so I decided to come back to my computer and check my email. When I sat down, I thought. . .this is a celebratory
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I desperately do not want this blog to becoming a place for venting ALL THE TIME. I hope that some collaboration happens here. And it does to a degree, but I’ve been so unhappy lately with my job and amount of stress in my life. I’ve been
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I want to say thank you to everyone who has said a prayer for me, given me encouraging words and given me hope to go on. Working in an urban district is draining. My district is desperately trying to meet the standards of NCLB. It has presented itself
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(it’s not english but ya’ll get the point) I am burned out. I realize this. I am not handling school, stress or my personal life well. I called the employee assistance program for help, but they can’t see me until next week. I need help.
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I went to see Tyler Perry’s “Why did I get married?” today. It was a really good film. I’m not married but I loved it. I laughed so hard at times I cried. I cried and laughed through the tears. It was a good movie, but I
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So I went to the guidance counselor as instructed by my union rep. I told the guidance counselor about the note–I didn’t have it with me at the time. Guidance Counselor told me to talk to the child and then follow up with her, at that time
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I decided to pw protect my previous blog post. After discussing it with my union rep, this is information that could get me fired. Unfortunately, I have to tell someone about the note and I will do it right away this morning. I keep asking myself. ..
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So, today as the students were testing, I saw two students passing notes. I went by and simply held my hand out and she didn’t argue. She simply placed the note in my hand and put her head down. I looked at it briefly, to make sure they weren’t cheating.
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My parent teacher conference went really well today. REALLY WELL. A parent from last year gave me a hug. She said that she was really happy that her son had me again this year for AAH. She appreciated the fact that I challenged him, worked him and held
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I really thought that I would get to post more last week, but I should have known better. It was homecoming week and of course I was one of the coordinators. I have blisters on my feet to prove it. This week my class (almost every hour of everyday) was
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Okay, I love when I get these types of emails from students, so of course you know I have to share it. Identifying characteristics have been removed. Miss A i did the stuff they was supposed to do when they went tothe library. When you did the last folder
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As a continuation from yesterday’s self assessment, I am now listing three areas in which I need to improve. They use all of this information to determine my eligibility for tenure. Miss A’s Areas for Needed Improvement
Learning Opportunities for Diverse
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As apart of our evaluation process, I must complete a self assessment. I must state 3 three areas of strength and weakness I have as a teacher. I thought this might be something interesting to share. Today I am going to list the strengths. Tomorrow, I
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Today, I had to tell one of the cheerleaders that she would not be going to competition. It was hard and I put it off as long as I could because it hurt–I didn’t want to disappoint her. It destroyed me inside. I told her I put it off b/c I
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