I found out that the other Freshman Teacher was using me as a threat!  LOL.  It literally cracked me up! At our departmental meeting, the other Freshman teacher (World Geography) said that he tells his students:  “You’ve got to pass a freshman social studies course.  You can do it with me or you can do it with Miss A. This class is ...

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I wanted to thank everyone for all of the positive feedback I recieved as the new year started. I still beleive that its going to be a fabulous year! I am not trying to be a negative Nelly, but as I assessed my students today, here are some of my concerns: Attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. This batch of freshman seem a bit lost, ...

This morning I felt like I need to get a lot of my chest b/c I need to clear my head so that I can work. The following is a rant. . . a sleep deprived rant . . . I got all of 4 hours sleep last night. It’s so hard to sleep when you have so much to do . . . I feel like one my department chair is a racist, pig! He really doesn’t want to ...

Here’s why: Professional development was over at 11 for us to go back and work in our classrooms. But our department voted and agreed that we would go home and work on our lesson plans especially since most of us had been putting in late hours to work on our classroom earlier in the week. I am taking a much needed nap–since I was up ...

One minute, I am excited about the promise of a new year. Next minute, I am tense about the promise of new year. Another minute, I am grumpy about the promise of new year. Later, I’ m nervous about the promise of new year. Today, I experienced the gamut of emotions. . . most recently, I’m just plain tired. Another day of ...

wiped. exhausted. fried. zapped. and feeling like a dead piece of meat. and grumpy. I left school at about 6:15 b/c I was so tired I wasn’t accomplishing anything.  B/c I’m on that stinking Weight Watchers, I have to fix a healthy dinner.  So, while dinner bakes, I type this post.  Oh, how I wish teaching paid enough that I could ...

Tomorrow, is my last day of vacation.  I have to report back to school for a new year on Monday.  Here are some things I am thinking about as I go back: I am so nervous.  I don’t know why, either.  Maybe, its because I didn’t get any planning done this summer.  I procrastinated and procrastinated [...]

I haven’t done a Thursday Thirteen in a long time.  And I have tons and tons of pictures on my camera and nothing to do with them, so I thought it would be a good way to show them and discuss what I plan to do differently in the new year. This first picture is my [...]

I want to thank EVERYONE for the support and POSITIVITY as I accomplish my summer goals.  Specifically, so many readers have congratulated and encouraged my learning to swim.  Believe it or not, this online support has meant a great deal to me.  Tomorrow (my last class unless I sign up for more), I’ll have someone [...]