Monday
I kept saying it would happen, and it did. I am working a few hours this week at the coffee shop because they need the help and I'm still on spring break. I had fun, but I was a little nervous at times. Fortunately, I knew how to make everything that people ordered. If someone wants a hot sandwich, I hope Vonn's around to show me how it's made.
I had the kids do some journal writing as a filler activity one day before the break. I finally got around to reading the papers today, and wouldn't you know, the first one made me depressed. One of the topics was to write whatever was on their mind and the kid wrote how class is boring because "we always have to do work." ^*&(&*((&$#$%^&*(&#@$^&()!!! How dare I expect that? Some of the others wrote cute/thoughtful/funny things, so that made me happy.
All staff memebers got this booklet about why some schools with high Latino populations succeed and others don't. At first, what I read made me frustrated, but then I got hopeful. One thing it said was there had to be strong leadership. Another was to have a strong plan (not in those exact words, but something like that). Results and/or improvement will take a few years, but it can happen. What I would LOVE is for more direction on what the heck I'm suppsoed to be doing to help kids be successful. I know I'm going to face some flack for how my kids do on AIMS this year, but dude, a little more support would be nice. I hope I get it. More direction, support, curriculum training, etc would be great.
I had the kids do some journal writing as a filler activity one day before the break. I finally got around to reading the papers today, and wouldn't you know, the first one made me depressed. One of the topics was to write whatever was on their mind and the kid wrote how class is boring because "we always have to do work." ^*&(&*((&$#$%^&*(&#@$^&()!!! How dare I expect that? Some of the others wrote cute/thoughtful/funny things, so that made me happy.
All staff memebers got this booklet about why some schools with high Latino populations succeed and others don't. At first, what I read made me frustrated, but then I got hopeful. One thing it said was there had to be strong leadership. Another was to have a strong plan (not in those exact words, but something like that). Results and/or improvement will take a few years, but it can happen. What I would LOVE is for more direction on what the heck I'm suppsoed to be doing to help kids be successful. I know I'm going to face some flack for how my kids do on AIMS this year, but dude, a little more support would be nice. I hope I get it. More direction, support, curriculum training, etc would be great.