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My tweets
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I Hate Murphy's Law
It was supposed to only last two weeks. I would have a simple operation on my shoulder and I would return quickly to work. But no! The surgeon changed his mind and took a ton a collar bone and moved a tendon on the spur of the moment. I am clear to return to work, but the county says they won't take me back until I am off restrictions. I love Karma ( Read more... ) -
Don't Say I Told You So!
I've been telling them for years that some horrible things were going to go wrong. Some stupid snafus with testing, school proceedures, or what not. What do I hear? You will just have to deal with it, not my problem, or it's just ignored. Not until the big chief upstairs has to personally give the tests, fill out the papers, and handle the stupid ( Read more... ) -
Field Day Nightmares
Let's face it, there are few students at our school who want to show up for school the Friday before spring break. The athletic director has instituted a field day. It is fun in some ways; however, I drew the line today when it was 50 degrees outside with winds of 20 mph and gusts higher. I was running the bean bag toss. We had very few takers on ( Read more... ) -
School Spirit
Our school comes up with the most bizzare schemes for making money. This year it's "Rent-a-Senior-for-a-Day". There was a silent auction on a list of seniors. The highest bidder won, and the student had to your bidding. You could dress them up, or if you were a teacher, you could get them to go from room to room and humiliate themselves one way or ( Read more... ) -
True Love
Being it is mine and my husband's third wedding anniversary, I can understand how important affection in a relationship is; however, for two teens, it should not be sucking face in the middle of the hallway at two o'clock in the afternoon at school ( Read more... ) -
What Is My Job Description Anyway?
We had this college recuiter show up in class today. He had me thinking about my job description. Ok, let's look at what I really do in a day ( Read more... ) -
Let the Duckies Fly
When I taught small group Economics, I got really tired of using widgets as a product. I started using rubber ducks. I kept a rubber duck in the classroom as a sample of the rubber duck. Here are a couple of stories about the school rubber duckies ( Read more... ) -
It's Always that One Kid
To every teacher there is always that one kid in the room ( Read more... )