That is the official title of the staff development meeting that starts in 10 minutes, two hours of question and answer with the girl that is officially the answer woman for our district regarding full implementation ( Read more... )

but, no matter, I am not going to let two students hold the other 18 hostage, though I may have to supplement my meds with herbs, if you know what I mean ( Read more... )

I read my post from last night and laughed out loud, sometimes I scare myself.

I need to calm down
I need to ignore the one that is distracting me from the 19

August-homicides
December-suicides

So, today was my first official Monday. I couldn't find my teacher's edition on Monday ,and just grabbed anybody's That must have looked professional, (hey, isn't she the one that is supposed to KNOW this ( Read more... )

Ok, not so bad. My boss came today, he can't get back home for another two weeks because of passport problems, he looks so sad, so tired, and everybody seems to want to show him how much THEY care, never let an opportunity to kiss administrative ass pass you by ( Read more... )

I asked my kiddles...exactly WHEN should my rules start being enforced? I snapped today at some little cherub who was just trying to get a drink of water, and at another angel who asked a question I had just answered. Grr...AND I made my little autistic one cry because I told him he needed to stop talking, he quietly said "oh"..and then walked away ( Read more... )

My boss's dad died this morning, of complications from an infection. My boss is an American citizen, his dad was Nigerian. I only mention this because according to his culture, as the oldest son, he now assumes parental responsiblity of his siblings, some of them are toddlers. He came into work today, I love him so, I came in when my mom died too, ( Read more... )

I must be doing something wrong, maybe I need to stop talking so much about the rules, and just start implementing consequences. It's just that the cherubs in my room can not figure out the simple concept that listen carefully is just another way of saying NO TALKING!!!!. These children have been so coddled for so long, their precociousness has ( Read more... )

Not so bad, I started the day with 13 students, and by lunch, I had 18. That was pretty funny, it seemed every half hour someone was coming in my class, with steadily decreasing documentation, until noon, when a charming girl came in with nothing but a post it note because the computer crashed ( Read more... )

Manana....I am sorta ready, I am always ready for kids, it's the parents that always make me uncomfortable, the enabling parents that have heard what an ogre I am...grrr.....The buzzword for the district this year used to be 'faithful replication', somehow that sounded too touchy-feely, now it has been changed to 'full implementation'. What it ( Read more... )