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  • Dumb it down??

    I met with some very concerned parents on Friday over their child's Spanish II grades. He's apparently made it to his senior year with almost all A's and B's, so an F justifiably set off alarms. He's a good kid who ask…

  • A better bribe than pizza

    We had quite the turnout for the writing test pizza party today! After a rather disappointing show last week of only 12 (only 2 of which were mine, including one who'd already passed), my heart was warmed to see 16 shin…

  • After school

    First, an after-school haiku: Tutored, planned, printed, finally graded those tests, ate soup with a fork. I find I get almost nothing done when I get home anymore. There was a time that I came home and made intricat…

  • Tutoring Club

    Below is the proposal I sent my principal for a tutoring club. I've gotten a good response from my department chair and a math teacher amiga, not to mention media center amiga, Sra. Cole, who said she'd co-sponsor with …

  • Mixture

    It occurs to me that some of these heathens may never realize the lengths I've gone to for them. There are a few, I know, who blithely overlook the mounds of unscored assignments that periodically spurt off of the growi…

  • Relief

    I did not explode. I can hardly believe it. I went to bed relatively early because I just didn't want to look at my lesson plans. I vowed to get up at 5:00 to finish them. I got up at 5:15 or so, and I got a shower a…

  • Good, Gooder

    I had a good day today. A lot of things went right, and I'm overall quite pleased. Mind you, it was not perfect, and lest you think I have been leading a charmed existence, at least for a whole Tuesday, I will include …

  • Before I Forget...

    RM, though transferred out of my class after the first week or two (I assume for problems with scheduling and/or passing previous English class), comes to visit me just about every day, or at least to visit my little "w…

  • Little Things

    Testing Policy One student in second period got punished for getting a book out before I took her first quiz up. My disciplinary model, Sra. Foy, assured me that this was necessary to make it known I was serious. That …

  • Six Pizzas and a Success Story

    Now approximately 20 kiddos--from Deiter's, McKeithan's, and my 10th grade classes from all year--signed up to come to the "Tutoring Party" today. We promised free refreshment, and to accomodate the abundance signed up,…