Gamma has done nothing all year. No homework, no notebooks, no tests, no papers, nada, nothing, zip, zilch, zero, nil, none, nothing, no ( Read more... )

We've been taking state exams. Stupid, annoying, torturous. The 6th grade kids are mixed in together with the ESL kids separate because they get extra time. Wisdom (who is not very wise) was in my room and at the very end of exam time, Theta and Wisdom had a knock down, drag out, fist fight. Both are formally suspended. I won't see Theta for a ( Read more... )

Epsilon, you're not only disruptive when you tie your own sneakers together, but it's a behavior that should not make it out of Pre-K. And kicking all of the lockers on the way to the Assistant Principal's office means you're now suspended for two days ( Read more... )

I had the kids almost out the door. We had had a fairly quiet day as Theta was suspended and Epsilon and Michael were both absent. Just as I had said, "Out the door. Have a nice weekend," Helene screamed, "F...er!" at a younger child standing next to the wall. I sent her into the office, and wrote her up. She was giving the drama the whole time. " ( Read more... )

I'm three for three this week. On Tuesday, I got fed up with Gamma not doing any work. Gamma does no homework, he does no classwork, and he does not hand back tests. I've called home about this and mother says, "I'll speak with him." She says, "I ask him if he has homework and he says he doesn't, or he says he didn't write it down on his agenda ( Read more... )

Tony has informed me that he is moving out of district to a plush suburban neighborhood. Don't let the door hit you on the way out, young man. I really do ( Read more... )

I received a note from Beryl's mom concerning some of the words on this week's spelling list. Beryl's mom wanted me to know that there were several words on my list that weren't words at all. Safety's is not a word, she wrote. I wrote back that it is properly used thus: For safety's sake, wear a helmet. Armies' is also not correct, she wrote. ( Read more... )

I have 28 students with the new additions of Zeta from Nepal and Eta from Iraq. Neither speaks English. That gives me a total of 13 who are not English speakers or writers ( Read more... )

I met Oscar's mother and step-father at dismissal. It appears that he lied to them about having a good day yesterday. He's grounded now. We exchanged phone numbers. I expect a total transformation tomorrow ( Read more... )

Today was my first day back in school for this year. All of my materials that were left in the supply room off of my previous classroom were taken out and dumped in the supply room next to my new classroom. What a huge freaking mess! Books, papers, poster, supplies, markers, the whole lot in a pile on the floor. Mixed in is another teacher's ( Read more... )