Why the fuck can't we back each other up? My team is team in charge today, which means that we have to clean up after meals. One of my advisees ran out before cleaning at lunch, so I approached him and addressed the issue most politely. But when he ran out of dinner, too, I decided that there needed to be consequences. I asked my Teacher's Aide ( Read more... )

Yesterday evening was the culmination of everything wrong with the program. The girls apparently had some issues, so my friend Anne decided to hold an impromptu rap session so the girls could get their feelings out. Two problems--one, this works well in MEAN GIRLS, but not in real life, and two, she didn't tell me about it. So I went to the ( Read more... )

The kids and a few staff went off on a field trip today. One student has to come back, however. She has phobia of water, since her aunt drowned.

Mr. W-------: Here, I got your uniform.

Andrew: Thank you, you a good man.

Day Two, Summer Intensive Program for underserved youth ( Read more... )

I am sitting in the dark of the dorm. (hears noise, walks around) I had to get a director to take my advisee for thirty minutes. I had to get an ice pack to a teacher and a student. When the director gave the ice pack to me, she asked how I was doing. “I’m in heaven,” I said. This is the job I was born to do. (listens for noise). My ( Read more... )

A student sharpened his pencil for twenty minutes today during study hall. I was so tired of yelling at him, I let him do it. First huge mistake. I found out he had gotten sent out of class earlier, so I forgive myself.

Also, I went swimming. hehehehe!

One of my advisees didn't come on time because his social worker was supposed to pick him up. The social worker forgot. He's been off all day, and I had to send him out of class. He came back after five minutes and was an angel. I gave him plus one for working so quietly.

And now, for swimming.

I tried to wake up early, I really did, but it was not happening. So, at eleven-thirty, I walked into the New York heat to buy a book. I bought “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.” It was fourteen dollars ( Read more... )

The weather in San Francisco: High 61, low 52.