The Piggies are Saved

Save the Piggies!
The Piggies are saved.
They went home with my little Professor. (Besides being uber-smart, he is the most polite, considerate child I have ever met. He’s got a great personality, too. He’s like a little grown-up!) Professor had told me his mom said he could take them “if no one else [...]

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It’s okay, I’m a teacher

I’m reading The Lightning Thief for school – or at least, it started out that way. Now I’m reading it because it’s really good. I’m almost done, and I can’t put it down.
So I had it with me at the allergist’s office today, and was reading as I waited my 20 minutes [...]

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She’s doing it again!

I cannot catch a break this week. I am almost afraid to go to work tomorrow. Is there some kind of funky Zodiac thing going on?
So, GET THIS:
Lunch is from 12 to 12:50. I had a few kids in to finish tests. At 12:45, the student secretary buzzed the room and asked for a kid [...]

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I am not a fucking waitress

Pardon my potty mouth, but this has been brewing since Friday. At 1:30 on Friday afternoon, Conchita’s parents dropped off a sheet cake for her birthday. At 1:30. In the middle of reading. Lunch was over at 12:50. And like Fashionista pointed out, it’s not like they didn’t know it was her birthday and they [...]

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Dropping like flies

I’ve had two students move already! CutiePie left in the middle of last week (she didn’t move far, just enough that she’s going to the school down the street) and another had his last day today. The girl was a major nudge, and I do not miss her at all. (She was the one who [...]

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What a difference a year makes!

I think I already used this title before, but oh well, ‘cuz it works and perfectly describes two things that happened today.
#1 – Before lunch I started to get a headache. I couldn’t decide if it was allergies or not because it also felt like when I clench my teeth too much. Advil did [...]

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Congress is to Classroom…

Did you hear about the Congressman who yelled, “You lie!” at President Obama during his speech on health care? (If you didn’t, then welcome back to the world from under your rock. ) People are shocked, but I wasn’t really surprised. I wondered why. Not that I thought it wasn’t a big deal, because [...]

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Facebook, part 3

Well, it happened. I received a friend request from a little girl in my class. She also wrote me a message, which I did not answer because I know that will give her access to my profile for 30 days. (Tomorrow I’ll tell her I didn’t see it til late. ) This girl is [...]

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Stupid is as stupid does

What’s wrong with calling a spade a spade? 
This is part of the problem in schools.  We are supposed to point out all the good things kids do (however minor), and talk them up and praise them out the wazoo, but you can’t say anything negative.  Even if they do something wrong, whether it’s academic or behavioral, [...]

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25 Books

Two years ago there was a kid in my class, Lynyrd, who just refused to read anything. It was also the first year that we had to keep track of how many books the kids read because it was on the report card. The PA standard says 5th graders should read 25 books in a [...]

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