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... )

I always loved those lists of funny answers from history tests. I never thought I'd have some of my very own ( 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... )

The previous Ass. Principal retired in December. The new one is a colleague I've worked with before. Hopefully she'll be too busy to bother me ( Read more... )

Iota came to our class and now we are 30. 13 of us don't speak English fluently ( Read more... )

Yesterday morning I wrote on the board: The world has not ended. You will have homework for vacation. Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

My new student, Theta, was in Mr. Charles' class and then in the class next door. He is now in my class and it is his last stop before formal suspension for bullying. If he is formally suspended and sent home he will have a "home/school" teacher, a district teacher who visits him daily and gives him his work. Rest assured he will get a pile, as I ( 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 began teaching History without text books. This will be fun. Still no text books ( 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... )