Just a quick third post of the day. I just read this one- kids do really stupid things in school. Here is the latest: Student Accused Of High-Fiving Teachers With Tacks I think I will skip giving middle-school students high-fives for awhile… Derek
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The assignment I took for today at that furthest school was art and drama. Interesting combination as usually drama is the realm of the music teacher. It was actually a pretty easy day. School started at 8:00, so I was there at 7:45. My first class? 9:30. That’s right, I had over an hour and
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When I got home from small group last night, I did a check again for jobs, and came up with one district that had two postings. One was closer, one was one of the furthest schools from me. People who know me know my love for driving, or rather how much I love to not
Usually I go a long time between seeing kids from my church in their natural daily habitats. Tuesday was the super day, way out of the ordinary. Today I ran into another one, apparently whose memory was not as good as the one I ran into on Tuesday. This time he wasn’t in my class,
4th-grader I DID know! Read More »
You have spoken (or rather, not spoken- that is, no comments) and it seems that my links posts are not welcome. Whether it be the links, retrogaming, or whatnot, I guess I need to stick to the teaching posts. Right then. Today I was a teaching assistant. It’s okay- in the district I was in
I have mentioned in the past occasionally running into students who I know from church. The most interesting response one has ever given me was a few years ago in a district I used to sub in. It was an afternoon position and the kids just came back from lunch. Then one boy just shouted
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When they say the average American is stuck in traffic (i.e. not moving or moving slowly, not the total commute) commuting to work 38 hours per year (nearly double that if you hail from L.A.) it is nice to have a short trip. In fact, this is a trip that I could easily walk if
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Back to middle school, thankfully. Not many would actually say middle school is an improvement over younger grades, but it is over yesterday’s special needs preschool classroom. In any event, I mostly enjoy middle school though there are those days of course. Science was the subject, and will be tomorrow as well since this is
People who know me know that my preference for teaching is about 3rd-7th grades. Stretch a year in either direction, and those are pretty much the jobs I gravitate toward when I have a choice. Of course specials are an exception; I do take those no problem though they may include kindergarten or 1st grade.
There’s a guy in the preschool classroom! Read More »
7:15. That’s what time a sub has to be at the junior high schools (still called that even though they are on a middle-school system- I guess they didn’t want to change the letterheads 😛 ) in the district I was in today. That means being up before six. At least I had a solid
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