Today we got an email from one of the vice-principals. She’s going to be out tomorrow, so she asked us to please not send any referrals to the office unless it’s an emergency.
If I’m to the point where I’m writing a referral, isn’t it pretty much an “emergency”? Not a life-or-death emergency, but an I’m-at-my-wit’s-end-with-this-kid [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘students’
October 27, 2008
On “Emergency” Referrals, and Glogging
October 19, 2008
Homecoming Dance Chaperoning
Hubby and I chaperoned the Homecoming Dance last night. I thought it would be fun.
Was able to hoodwink Hubby into doing this with me because the location for the dance was a place I knew he’d like to go to. Because I was not yet wise to the ways of these things, I said we [...]
October 17, 2008
Teacher of the Week!
The football team chose ME as their Teacher of the Week.
The coach (pardon me, one of the bazillion football coaches) came by my room this morning to tell me. I almost cried – part of it was because I’ve been under undue stress (it is “the beginning of the school year”), but part of it [...]
October 15, 2008
It’s Spirit Week! … Isn’t It?
[Disclaimer: Homecoming was actually a few weeks ago, but I didn't have time to blog about it then. So I'm doing it this week, as if this were that week a few weeks ago. Just pretend with me.]
This is Homecoming week. We have a dress-up theme for every day of the week. However, nobody seems [...]
October 12, 2008
So It Begins… Parent Conference Season
Does everyone have this wave of parent contacts at the end of the first grading period?
I had a parent phone call Tuesday, a student conference and a parent conference Wednesday, and two phone calls Thursday. Pretty much they all went the same way:
Parent: “Why is my son/daughter failing?”
Me: “Because he/she is not doing the work.”
Parent: [...]
October 7, 2008
On Grading, and its Repercussions
Grades were due today. Kids can check their grades online now, so we don’t even get a break between the hell of grading and the hell of report card day – it’s instant.
In my case, this online access to grades thing is even more of a problem – I’m a hopeless procrastinator. Everything is left [...]
October 6, 2008
Excuse me while I toot my own horn…
The six weeks ended Friday, and grades are due tomorrow morning. I’m still not even close to done grading… but, as I was going through this one assignment, one of my students wrote this:
I just thought I would tell you that I really liked
this assignment.Even though it took a long time, I
like watching the videos [...]
August 16, 2008
On Apperance, Assumptions and Perceptions
This is tax-free weekend for us, so all the kids can flock to the malls and get their back-to-school clothes shopping done. Me, I’ve treated myself to a new haircut, a new hairdryer (I haven’t had one for years), new makeup, new clothes, and probably a new desk chair (that’s on the list for tomorrow).
I [...]
