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Insights behind the perils of being a teacher
October 2007 - Posts
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Well, we haven't heard about Monkey Poop lately. However, today she came back with a boom. It all started when one of my team members came in and requested a Mentor. I told her I was her mentor and what was the problem. She said I didn't have time for Read More...
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We call it Pumpkin Night. I don't know why we don't just call it what it is... a Halloween Celebration. I don't understand why we have to change our culture to assimilate others into it. Why can't they just accept that this is a cultural celebration (no Read More...
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I was on duty this morning and I began watching a small bunch of boys and girls playing basket ball on the same court as another large group. I mean, same baskets and everything. They were just playing along oblivious to the other kids playing around Read More...
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I have read several books lately that deal with what the world will be like AFTER the big one. I don't know if it is a good idea for young people to read this kind of book. Yet, they are all written for Tweens. The City of Ember is the latest one I read. Read More...
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My class thinks I know or should know absolutely everything in the world. I collected popcorn money and names and sent it to the office this morning per morning instructions. At lunch the kids wanted their money back. Me: I sent it to the office with Read More...
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Today the Autistic Special Ed teacher came to me and asked if another of her students could spend part of the morning in my class. It would just be a short time but this little girl needs some real people contact. My class is very accepting of the little Read More...
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After weeks of reading intervention, I DIBLEd my class for October today. I discovered that my student who are going to other classes for intervention went down! I was a little upset so I emailed the Reading Coach and we discussed it. So, I am trading Read More...
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I am sitting out on my deck, trying to quit smoking and puffing away, and it is late here. Kids are walking by and talking on cell phones. I realize the importance of cell phones. I have one. I don't remember to keep it charged, but I have one. I drive Read More...
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You all probably wonder what I am doing writing all these blogs in a row. Well, I am at my second Wednesday of Parent Teacher conferences. I have time on my hands! So, the hearing aid...It is fantastic. In fact it works so well, that I realized how loud Read More...
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I walked in on the Assistant Principal talking to another teacher in the lounge. They were talking about which teachers had good discipline and which didn't. The VP said she never saw my students. Why was that? I said it was because I take care of those Read More...
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TQ is a big boy in my class. He has a wonderful sense of humor and an extreme sense of laziness. I really like him but I wish he would do some of his work on time. Today, I found out why he is like he is. His mom came in for a parent conference and she Read More...
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I have to really thank you for reminding me how much I love teaching. I love doing this every day. I love the kids, especially this year! I am having a really great year myself. I have some wonderful intelligent students who want to share their lives Read More...
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We have 35 minutes of reading intervention time each day. I ended up with all the 4th grade students who are at or above grade level benchmark. I have 56 students in my class at that time. They are all over the place on the floors and chairs and walls. Read More...
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During parent conferences one of my new little boys came in with his parents. I was shocked. He seems so normal and well adjusted and is very very smart. His dad was wearing the typical gang clothing. He had pants down below his butt, huge shirts, and Read More...
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I had to take the day off because I had two different appointments. I got my hearing aid. I am shocked at all the sounds I was missing just because one ear was moderately deaf. I can hear everything around me. I can't wait until I get around people and Read More...
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Everyone deserves to have a bad or crabby day, especially the day after conferences. However, I felt that one of my team members got what they deserved. Here is how it happened... I am in charge of after school bus duty. I have to take my kids out about Read More...
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http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/10/17/armchair-activism-the-mothers-act-needs-to-pass.aspx This is a link at one of my favorite blog sites. We need all moms and dads everywhere to become alert to the problems of post partum depression. Read More...
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It is parent conference day! I love this day! (NOT) I have been sitting here for over an hour and only one parent has come. I no longer schedule appointments because they never come at that time anyway. I have a feeling I am going to have them all show Read More...
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Our District Cop came into our staff meeting on Monday and scared the bejeebers out of us. He told us that just since school started THIS year, there have be 24 shootings in schools across the country. TWENTY-FOUR??? I can't believe it. Then he started Read More...
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My dream job would be beginning school at 9:00 and getting out at 3:00. They could do specials before I get there and after I go home. How cool would that be. Also all assemblies could be before and after too. I could skip lunch altogether if I could Read More...
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I have an appointment on Friday to get my new Hearing Aid. Yes, You heard right, I can't hear out of my left ear and I am getting a hearing aid. I have had problems for years. I thought it was my allergies plugging up my ears. But, when I finally went Read More...
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My twin is gone home. My house looks like a tornado hit it. My yard is all dug up. My daughter had strep throat (while she was visiting me) I am over-tired and ready for a break. I have a beautiful new stemware shelf for my wine glasses now. We finished Read More...
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Fall break is here. One week of bliss. I get to read, shop, whatever I want to do. But... My twin sister and her husband came from Nebraska to visit and I haven't stopped once since she got here. I fell asleep at 7:00 last night! Holy cow! I haven't worked Read More...
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They aren't interested in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. They don't care about subjects, predicates or adjectives. They could skip writing all together if they thought I would let them. But they just can't pass up a chance to ask Read More...
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My twin is coming into town tonight and I have to pick her and her husband up at the airport late. I am taking tomorrow off sick! What do you do when this happens? Give tests in EVERY subject. Actually, they were supposed to be on Friday. End of the units Read More...
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I started by writing about tattling. Then it moved on to bigger and better topics. CONSEQUENCES! What were the consequences when we were kids (besides being spanked at school) when we got into trouble? I didn't get into trouble because my Mom was a teacher Read More...
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Well, it wasn't the teachers who have been tattling on each other. It is the parents tattling on the teachers. They are calling the principal and complaining about little things happening in the classrooms. Instead of talking to the teachers directly, Read More...
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Yep! Tattling is on the agenda for our teacher's meeting tonight. I almost fell off my chair laughing. My class is terrible about tattling and I am trying to let them know that if it isn't barfing, bleeding, broken or cheating, I don't want to know about Read More...
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I have two boys in my room right now from another classroom. They are in trouble. The teacher sent them in hear to get them out of his sight. I don't really mind but I rarely send students to another teacher unless we are doing an activity that they don't Read More...
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