why are all the jobs in santa maria comision based ( Read more... )

I've been packing all day ( Read more... )

I seem to be joining a long list of quitters ( Read more... )

It's been another hard week at school. I keep hearing it'll get better, but I don't even know if I want it to. My classroom was a mess yesterday. My lesson plans bombed, no one paid attention. I am the teacher I never wanted to have. I broke up more fights. A new student kicked two of the boys so hard they were lying on my floor. I had to ( Read more... )

I broke up six fights yesterday at school. I had to pull Chaz off of Joshua twice. Technically, he's supposed to be suspended at the first offense, but this IS the first week of school and blah blah blah. Six fights in one day. Part of the reason was this school is too poor to afford substitute teachers, so when a teacher is sick or gone, they ( Read more... )

Everyone, your homework assignment this week is to find the address of the elementary school teacher you gave the hardest time to and apologize!!!!!

There's so much for Miss California to get used to here ( Read more... )

I've been teaching kindergarten for four weeks. I can't believe it's done tomorrow. We're having Expo Day. All of the parents and teachers are coming. We've done the coolest projects for them. I'm so proud of my kids. They're fantastic ( Read more... )

"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athelete earns in a week."
-Evan Esar

Just a little over a week and I leave Houston for the Land of Blues.

( Read more... )