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Reviving a zombie journal...
Well, I just dug this old journal back out of its grave in the hopes that I would continue self-reflecting and charting my life ( Read more... ) -
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The students are tired of talking about the school shootings. They are burned out on the media coverage; they're convinced it would never happen here; and I think they just don't want to have to consider the topic anymore ( Read more... ) -
Another school shooting
News broke while I was trying to find out how to follow up on a student who stopped coming to class. No deaths, it sounds like, but . . . gods, this is depressing. So many problems in the school system, and it's not going to get better until we look long and hard at ourselves and what we're doing wrong ( Read more... ) -
Adaptability is a good thing!
Yesterday was a block day - periods 1, 3, and 5. That means two hours a class ( Read more... ) -
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It's pretty much a given at this point that I lead a great discussion in third period English and can never pull off the same kind of discussion in fifth period. I'm not sure what it is. I just can't bring the kids around to the same ideas I managed to connect them to on the first try ( Read more... ) -
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I am still sick. I canceled my appointment with Jesse today, because I planned to go home and sleep. I did not sleep well last night, and I suspect it was part being sick, part not exercising. Talk about a double whammy. I may just go to the gym and sit in the hot tub and wet sauna ( Read more... ) -
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I'm sick. I have either a head cold or a bad case of allergies that, combined with strain on my voice from talking so much in class, has me wishing I could fumigate my head ( Read more... ) -
Still ruling . . .
Fifth period just ended. It went very well ( Read more... ) -
Woohoo, I rule!
Third period went very well ( Read more... ) -
A little venting
So, this weekend, I bust my butt to write the unit plan for Brave New World as well as all of this week's lesson plans so I can email them to my master teacher and get feedback before class ( Read more... )