What I didn’t say

Several friends advised me not to say anything to Principal Pretty, and I didn’t. I’m sort of glad I listened to them, because I was a lot angrier than she was, because she wasn’t angry at all!!!  I think she had a lobotomy because she says angry things to people this year – in person [...]

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What I can’t say

I can’t say it to Principal Pretty, so I’ll say it here.
I passed out the stupid shirts. Once again I am disappointed by the lack of follow-through on school rules and student behavior. I am tired of being the bad guy for expecting my students to behave in an appropriate manner. The kids do [...]

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And she shall be called, The Boulder

This morning we had to fill out an anonymous survey about Inclusion. It reminded me of another “anonymous” survey I filled out for Principal Pretty, and my promise to share with you how I came to be called a “Boulder”.
Flashback: Three years ago. Principal Pretty’s first year. Things were going okay. I had one mom [...]

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Still No Sunshine

After all the talk last year about opening up the Sunshine Club and inviting new people to help run it, nothing changed. Fashionista even went to Sunshine Suzy before school started to tell her we wanted to talk about it, but the next day the form came out – same rules, same dues. [...]

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so like deja vu all over again

*Warning: (literal) Potty talk
I don’t know what is in the water at my school, but when water sits in the toilet, it turns rusty. It leaves a stain in the toilet bowl that is really quite disgusting. Last year the custodian did not clean the toilet for the first day of school. I was mortified. [...]

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minor Panic Attack!

I was just about asleep last night when I realized the kids will already be IN SCHOOL two weeks from today, and I have done NOTHING to get ready for school.  Well, I have been doing little things like reading The First Six Weeks of School and thinking about building classroom community, but nothing of [...]

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reee-jected

My district has a program to cultivate future leaders. When I got the flyer, I emailed for more info since all it said was “future leaders”. See, I have no interest in becoming a principal. I had been considering it, but realized I was only thinking about it because it’s the next logical step. (If [...]

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The Story of the Procrastinating Packrat

Here’s the story
Of a lovely teacher
Who is too busy teaching to ever clean up.
Her room has too much stuff,
But it all gets used.
Her kids, they learn so much.
Here’s the story
Of the Summer Program
That nobody wants to let into their rooms.
Things will go missing
So they buy padlocks,
And lock it up with doom.
Til the one day when [...]

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Agitator

This is the word I’ve been looking for. Agitators. That’s what we are. We’re not negative, we’re agitated. We want to change things, not just complain about them. We’re not content to let the dirty laundry sit in the tub, we’re going to twist and turn and agitate until it gets clean and therefore improved. [...]

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Will Wonders Never Cease

They’re here.  The projectors we’ve been promised for over a year are finally here. 
Now of course we have to wait for Maintenance to hook up the power.  So we figure we’ll be able to actually use them in a year or so – after all, we know how long it took to get my Ghetto [...]

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