Let's see if I can get this daily post thing into a habit again ( Read more... )

Me: No, you can't make a slingshot for your project.
Student: It won't fire anything sharp. It'll be blunt.
Me: A blunt?? No, you can't make a blunt either!
Student: Why not, it'll be an adult toy.
Me: There are students under 18 in this class, you know.

Curtain.

I'm starting to seriously dislike my honors class. At least the clique who went to my boss without talking to me first and started complaining that their cumulative final grades were too low, so that now he's making some choices for me. Not a happy camper right now ( Read more... )

( Happy Family Three Ways )

Yelled at my last block of the day to SHUT UP! Brand new material, not review, rehash, or problem solving. Stuff that hasn't crossed their little peabrains, and they need to blab and blab all the way through it, so loud I can't hear the kid in the back asking a question, even though in 20 minutes they'll be out with no school the next day. Bah! No ( Read more... )

Last week was incredibly busy with review, finals, labs, and to top it off a pep rally the last block on Friday. The class officers bowled with a turkey, and volunteer teachers, most from the science department, got to joust students.

Yesterday ( Read more... )

How did I, after running from physics and engineering for most of my academic career, such as it was, become a physics teacher? And apparently I'm the perfect choice to start a new physics elective in engineering, a Museum of Science curriculum. Well, we'll see if it pans out first, but I'm kinda getting excited.

My student delivered a healthy little girl, naturally. Her math teacher, with whom she has a very good relationship, will be tutoring her in most subjects. I had class with the teacher today so we got to chat a bit. The student thinks she can return to school in two weeks, silly girl. Oh, and the baby's name is a word spelled backwards.

Last week of the term at work, we're up to our ears in housework (getting the kids' room hardwooded) and too many birthday parties plus halloween last weekend all add up to the fact that I cannot put any coherent thoughts together ( Read more... )

Having no TV, and no desire to watch the show, I learned a great deal about it from the kids' costumes today. T-shirt time my ass. The senior class adviser REALLY needs to be changed ( Read more... )