Archives for “'08-'09 School Year”

The children are maddening.  I've seen a lot of disrespect this week, and I'm sick of it.  I could go on and on with a ...

We performed the fetal pig dissection lab in Living Environment class yesterday. I was skeptical of doing this lab with the kids I have ...

I felt that a few students crossed the line this week when they started talking about a colleague's dating habits during my Chemistry Lab class. ...

I was having a good morning yesterday. I slept well the night before, enjoyed a productive morning, and got to school earlier than usual. ...

I teach primarily African American students at an inner city charter school in a rusted, forgotten city.  Being that February is Black History Month (insert ...

I went to school twice last week, having spent Monday-Wednesday fighting off a stomach bug.  I took it easy when I got back to school ...

I'm out again today.  I called in yesterday.  I became violently ill around 4 PM Monday and thought I could ride out the night and ...

I had a pretty good run last week.  No stressors, very few problems, little cause for complaint.  Unusual, given my perspicacity for irritating minutiae.   Monday ...

The first half of the school year is behind me.  I'm looking forward to the second half.  I will have less kids in Chemistry, meaning ...

Regents Week marks the transition between the first and second semesters of the school year.  In no particular order, Regents Week is a time of ...

My school wants every kid to graduate in four years and be accepted into college.  The quality of the diploma nor the prestige of the ...

We made history as a nation yesterday. I saw the inauguration of Barack Obama as a teachable moment, and I chimed in with what ...

I wish I had something to say about the fiscal year and estimated revenue or price-to-earnings ratios, but I deal with the undervalued commodity of ...

My first two days back to work were not inspirational.  I went in with average expectations.  I didn't want to set the bar too high ...

Goodbye winter break.  It was nice knowing you.  Extended by a few unexpected snow days, winter break reset my internal clock and allowed me to ...

I will be trying to fall asleep, worrying about my return to work and the week ahead.  Winter break will be over.  According to ritual, ...

Thursday night the weatherman told me that driving conditions on Friday morning would worsen due to the oncoming storm, and the powers that be decided ...

As I was walking around my 1st period class yesterday taking attendance, a girl looked up at me and asked, "Mister, what do cunt mean?" ...

I slept through my alarm this morning.  Luckily, my wife woke me up before it was too late, leaving me with enough time to shower ...

The school guidance counselor sent out an email yesterday, letting us know that she made a PDF of the school's course catalog available online.  Naturally ...

Counting today, I have 9.5 work days until a beautiful, nearly two weeks long winter break.  We have a half day on the 22nd, which ...

I have successfully made it through the last three days of school without giving much of a shit about anything.  I'm working the children to ...

I took my family on a road trip to Richmond, VA to see my three sisters, four nieces, one nephew, and mom and dad.  It ...

The kids didn't have school yesterday, but the teachers did.  We held parent-teacher conferences about first quarter grades last night between 5-7 PM.  We usually ...

It's been pretty calm at school the last few days.  I daresay the kids are actually focusing a little more and beginning to learn from ...