I am still alive and kicking. I will probably start posting more now that I am not chained to the school building -- things are winding down ( Read more... )

I hate, I hate, I hate not being able to log on to LJ at work. I feel like I'm missing so much. I'm going to spend some time trying to catch up rather than grading. Four classes took unit tests (total of 130 tests), two classes turned in essays (66 essays), those same classes turned in projects (66 projects), and two other classes turned in ( Read more... )

This kid just walked down the empty hallway outside of my classroom, singing, "I want to piss on youuuuuu." Just all by himself.

This is the kind of thing that makes high school magical.

This week I am more or less a zombie. Into the Woods has kept me at the school until ten every night. So, 7 hours of rehearsal on top of the 7 hours I've already been at school. Today I reached the giddy stage of tired. That stage in which you appear to be energetic, but really your head is pounding with a headache centered right between the ( Read more... )

I fantasize about leaving my job. My number one fantasy is saying goodbye to kids who don't care, goodbye to grading essays, goodbye to not being able to pee for hours at a time because I have to be in my classroom. The trouble is that I don't know what I would do instead. I got into teaching knowing it wouldn't be my lifelong career. I got ( Read more... )

Someone tell me why I assign longass projects. I'm staring at a HUGE pile of essays I need to grade. I will probably be grading all week, grumbling about how kids these days have no idea what editing and revision mean. I'll be like an old man ( Read more... )

Sweet, sweet Friday ( Read more... )

Last period, a couple of my students were talking about each other's mothers - you know, typical "your mom" joke stuff.

What I said was something about being respectful and not saying stuff like that blah blah blah.

What I wanted to say was "Hey, let's get off moms...'cause I just got off yours" and totally own them all.

Today was another conference day. Well, is another conference day, because I'm still here. 4-7pm. So, when I leave I'll have been here for about 12 hours. Niiiice. I suppose I shouldn't complain, though, because doing this and having the one last week means we have a FOUR DAY WEEKEND the 19th-22nd. BUT I have to drive over here anyway on the ( Read more... )

Today I found out that I can get ready for work in 7 minutes! A skill I'd rather not put into use again ( Read more... )