On Wednesday of last week, my classes had an exam, but fifth hour, two students Anders and Mariel weren’t there. They came in to class with about 20 minutes left with a pass from the choir teacher and asked to have the test. They certainly didn’t have enough time to take it, and asked them [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2006
The "504 Plan" or How to pass a class without really trying
19 January 2006 – 03:30
A student who I haven’t seen since mid December decides to make an appearance today in my senior makeup class. He is way behind, of course, and with only six more days of class before the end of the quarter, he decides that he needs to come in after school “to get caught up”. Now [...]
My week
17 January 2006 – 04:36
1) I found a boy crying on the stairwell by my room just a couple of minutes after he beat up by a couple of other kids. His girlfriend (I suppose) was crying with him. I couldn’t get him to give me the names of the kids that did it to him, and he wouldn’t [...]
Lost My Voice
09 January 2006 – 21:31
After two weeks off from school (and not talking so loudly over students constantly), I lost my voice in third hour today. My kids were laughing at me and wondered if I was on drugs. I told them that I must’ve finally reached puberty.
I had a good day back, but didn’t think it was too [...]
