Lunch time on Friday. I've taught all classes except one. The kids were fine until fourth period and they were barely alive. Heads down, glazed over and nothing exciting for me to wake them with...we have to know about amending the Constitution. Try making that fun!!
Tonight is fajita night at Las Palomas. I'm so ready for an icy cold Mexican beer with salt and lime. It helps to have a regular kick off for Friday night so you have something to look forward to all day.
Let the weekend begin, come on 3:05!
Sloan and the Minion
Mail from Memom
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
School Day
Thursdays are my most favorite days this semester. I have Professional Learning Community from 7:15 until 9:00. Mostly that involves the other government teacher and me planning whatever project we are mutually assigning to our students. Today it was about putting grades in the grade book for the interim progress reporting period.
When school actually does begin, I have one AP class, one level class, lunch and a conference period. What a day! It isn't really a problem subsisting on my salary when one day a week is practically a day off.
My AP kids had to watch the State of the Union address Tuesday night, so I gave them bingo cards to play SOTU Bingo! They did a fabulous job of actually watching and noting what the Prez said. We had outstanding discussions in my odd numbered classes yesterday and 2nd period today. The only class that let me down was 7th and they were what has been described as "snarky". They wound up hunting through the Constitution for sources for the answers to twenty hypotheticals. Serves 'em right, smart-ass kids!
I made the final payment on buying the good behavior of the problem kid in my level class today. I've been trying to kill him with kindness for three weeks. Today he needed pen, paper, and an excuse to go for a drink. I gave him a pen, an entire legal pad and a bottle of Ozarka and made a situation comedy of the whole thing. I heard one kid say, "She's such a grandma."And that was okay because what she meant was caretaker.
I got an email from Herr German Professor a few minutes ago. It seems the Republicans in Congress are now against preventing drop-outs from leaving school because the Prez has asked all states to adopt a policy keeping kids in school until they're eighteen. God forbid, the Republicans should support 'big government' intrusions into the lives of the people and interfere with the prerogatives of the states. Rather than admit that the Other could have a good idea, it's better to let drop-out rates soar and damn the consequences for society.
One of the AP teachers posted on the group listserve yesterday that a parent of one of her students forbid him to watch the SOTU address because "nothing Obama related" was allowed in his house. The reaction from the teachers wasn't as strong as I would have predicted. Some said that they had had similar experiences and most just offered suggestions for alternatie assignments. The acrimony seems particuarly sharp presently. Campaign season is clearly upon us.
I took a quiz to the copy room a short while ago, and chances are it's ready to be picked up. If I go and get it now, my work here is actually done for today. I can go and do some errands and head home.
When school actually does begin, I have one AP class, one level class, lunch and a conference period. What a day! It isn't really a problem subsisting on my salary when one day a week is practically a day off.
My AP kids had to watch the State of the Union address Tuesday night, so I gave them bingo cards to play SOTU Bingo! They did a fabulous job of actually watching and noting what the Prez said. We had outstanding discussions in my odd numbered classes yesterday and 2nd period today. The only class that let me down was 7th and they were what has been described as "snarky". They wound up hunting through the Constitution for sources for the answers to twenty hypotheticals. Serves 'em right, smart-ass kids!
I made the final payment on buying the good behavior of the problem kid in my level class today. I've been trying to kill him with kindness for three weeks. Today he needed pen, paper, and an excuse to go for a drink. I gave him a pen, an entire legal pad and a bottle of Ozarka and made a situation comedy of the whole thing. I heard one kid say, "She's such a grandma."And that was okay because what she meant was caretaker.
I got an email from Herr German Professor a few minutes ago. It seems the Republicans in Congress are now against preventing drop-outs from leaving school because the Prez has asked all states to adopt a policy keeping kids in school until they're eighteen. God forbid, the Republicans should support 'big government' intrusions into the lives of the people and interfere with the prerogatives of the states. Rather than admit that the Other could have a good idea, it's better to let drop-out rates soar and damn the consequences for society.
One of the AP teachers posted on the group listserve yesterday that a parent of one of her students forbid him to watch the SOTU address because "nothing Obama related" was allowed in his house. The reaction from the teachers wasn't as strong as I would have predicted. Some said that they had had similar experiences and most just offered suggestions for alternatie assignments. The acrimony seems particuarly sharp presently. Campaign season is clearly upon us.
I took a quiz to the copy room a short while ago, and chances are it's ready to be picked up. If I go and get it now, my work here is actually done for today. I can go and do some errands and head home.
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