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May 2008 - Posts
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We have one day left. One day! My kids wanted to know what I was going to get them. Get them? Are they kidding? There are 31 of them and only one of me. When did kids learn that everything was supposed to be given to them? When did they get the nerve Read More...
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"Field Day? I'm not coming to school. In fact, my Mom is going to call me in sick so I don't have to go." That is exactly what happened in my class yesterday. The student is a plump little slug. She refuses to run in PE. but she runs ar recess. She refuses Read More...
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I just had to send a really nasty email to a teacher this morning. He is on my team and he and a third grade teacher ran a "friendship" until just after Christmas. They sat together. They were always in each others room. They talked all night on the phone... Read More...
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I had a parent yesterday who called and interrupted my lesson to talk to me for 20 minutes about her child. Her child was sitting 3 rows back. The entire class was listening. Now what teacher in their right mind would tell a parent anything important Read More...
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I don't klnow whether to be happy or upset. He has spent the entire year upsetting the classroom in one way or another. When mom came in this morning for a meeting, she literally accused me of being the problem. "He isn't naughty. He doesn't talk back. Read More...
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I have a whole bunch of old crafts from different activities. I took the instructions out and handed them the packets and said, "Figure out how to put your craft together and write me the directions. Then, glue it together. It turned out to be an absolute Read More...
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Every year since I began teaching, I have had a consistant nightmare before school starts. It is always along the lines that the students are out of control and they ignore me. I try my signals, nothing. I yell, again nothing. They just continue to run Read More...
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Guess who is Team leader for the 4th grade team next year? You got it! Monkey poop herself! To start with, I couldn't believe that the team was kept together. They needed to be split up. However, it isn't my problem. I do have to agree of the three members, Read More...
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When I was a kid, I never got in trouble in school. I was a goody-two-shoes. I may even have been a suck-up. However, I think that was because my Mom was a teacher at the school and I couldn't come home if I got in trouble at school without lots of fear. Read More...
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I have a student, well, several really, who like to ignore me when I give instructions or have the class do an activity. What they DO like is to wait until everyone is started and then come to me and want individual directions. I have tried everything. Read More...
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I am not a screamer. I am a yell-er. My class is very noisy and I have need of a strong voice to get their attention. They work in groups and forget that there are 34 students in the class. I do not put children down, or make them feel small in the classroom. Read More...
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