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I must confess that I am not really a fan of Halloween. I have always hated costumes and dressing up. In fact, I got married on Halloween just so I wouldn’t have to wear a costume on Halloween any more. (We bolted for Vegas in the little red Porsche she Read More...
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Every year, I threaten to stop putting myself through this. As I have said before, let social studies or someone else teach the research paper. Let someone else slog through in-text citations. (“What? After every fact? There’s gonna be a ton of them.” Read More...
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Prologue: “Nancy” (she of fraternal twin fame) announced yesterday, “They changed my medicine, and I’m supposed to be able to pay attention better now.”
Let’s see how that goes. Here on Earth.
That dreaded time of year is at hand: Research. We’re going Read More...
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29 mo’ day. Never has that seemed so far away as this year. Here’s the sort of crowd I’m dealing with…
We’ve been practicing with outlining in preparation for (shiver) research projects. More on that later. One of the in-class activities we did involved Read More...
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I just read a webnews headline that read: “Twitter is the New CNN.”
Where are we going, and why are we in this handbasket?
If Mr. Coward were to “tweet” his way through a typical day (which is about as likely as, oh let’s see, *** freezing over is too Read More...
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After almost 20 years of doing this job, I’d like to think I sort of know my way around the junior high psyche. Plus I remember 7th and 8th grade like they were yesterday, and some might still accuse me of being a seventh grader yet.
But every now and Read More...
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I don’t what your thoughts are on grade-grubbers, but I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I guess it’s good that they care about the grade so much, and are willing to work hard to get what they want, but more often than not… well you know what I’m Read More...
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Science “lesson” today. It’s Friday, so that means the weekly test, the suspense over whether they will score the 28/40 necessary to avoid the dreaded SSI (when the results were displayed today, one girl who made the cut did about as much dancing as one Read More...
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Just a shortdog, because it’s getting late.
Best line heard today: The class that’s right before lunch has sort of gotten used to being let out about 30 seconds early, so I can get a jump on the lunchline. Not that I stand in line with the kids, but if Read More...
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Sometimes when you’re milking a joke for more laughs, it’s easy to, well, go a bit further than you intended… I think this one might haunt me for awhile.
The CPS clickers have a feature where if a question has, for example, only two choices (as in a T/F Read More...
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Those of us who have been teaching junior high for awhile (and still like it) know that part of the enjoyment of the job is the opportunity to act like a seventh grader now and then. Some of us take that opportunity more often than others.
In the movie Read More...
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We’re still working on The Midwife’s Apprentice. They’re even starting to ask, “Can we read Alyce today?” They’re hoping for another fart or *** sighting. They get that, and then some…but not like they expect.
After all, our heroine is working for a midwife, Read More...
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House returns in 15 minutes, and well, it’s been a while…
I do have to share one new, beauty line I got today. I’m going to leave out the spaces between words because that’s how this kid talks. Also, his volume goes to 11.
“Mr.Cowardyou’remyfavoriteteacherbecauseyouunderstanduskidsyouknow… Read More...
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Isn’t there a law written down somewhere that requires school dances end with “Stairway to Heaven”? What happened to that? Was the law repealed? Or is there just no enforcement?
I didn’t have my usual luck in drawing numbers for extra-curricular duty Read More...
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I’ve already said something about how silent my two student assistants are. But a couple of days ago…
Interruption: I’ve had a few people contact me, very surprised and dare I say, jealous, that I have any student aide at all, let alone two, in these Read More...
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