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Trying to control the sixth grade class I was in today, I played "trivia" with them, making them each answer a question before lining up for lunch. Name the captial of this or that state, name someone who signed the Declaration of Independence etc.... Read More...
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This week is Red Ribbon week. We tell the kids to say "no" to drugs and give them bookmarks and elastic bracelets to remind them of the word "no." There's nothing like a kindergartner or first grader asking, "what are drugs?" I get the idea of planting Read More...
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I was a little bit worried about a lack of work this year because my favorite district put subs on backup in favor of recently pink-slipped teachers. I'm still worried about that in a long-term outlook. It's the district where I live and I really enjoy Read More...
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Raise your hand if you heard the announcement the Principal made that said you can run on the stairs, talk loudly in the halls, talk in class, not listen to teachers and take things off of other people's desks today! Nobody heard that? Then I guess today Read More...
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I may have hit upon a way to deal with the "I have to go to the bathroom" requests that have a tendency to spread like wildfire after the first kid asks to go. I had 29 third graders today, and in the time between the start of school and first recess, Read More...
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I worked three days last week and I have five days set up for this week. Two days this week are in middle school, and the other three days this week are at a district that isn't my favorite, but since I have about $1500 on my credit card from summer spending, Read More...
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Well, maybe not really. I actually got a call this morning at 6am. It was to sub for 5 th grade math. I decided I really didn't want to start the year off with 5 th grade, so I declined. Not wise. I certainly need the money, but I just couldn't see rushing Read More...
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I think I'm ready to go back to work. The summer has been great. I've had a lot of relaxing time. In July alone I read eight books, and I started a CrossFit regimen that has not only brought my weight down by about ten pounds, but also added some muscle Read More...
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Remember the girl I wrote about in my last post? The one who I had the hard time with in Las Vegas? Well, after a week of her snark-bombing me on other people's Facebook statuses without speaking to me directly, I sent her a FB message and told her if Read More...
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I've been reading about all of the beginning-of-the year activities on the teacher blogs that I frequent. People are getting ready for the new year, setting up classrooms and meeting new crops of students. Everyone seems ready to start a whole new adventure. Read More...
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It's been a relaxing summer so far. I've been doing a lot of reading and sleeping. The most stress I've been under has been pushing myself to get through workouts each day. That, and not spending money. I'm not doing so well with the second. I've been Read More...
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This past April, The Capistrano School District was the site of a teacher strike. The strike lasted three days, and as you can guess, cost a lot of money in terms of security and substitute fees. Interestingly, the district ended up saving more than they Read More...
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Since school is over, and I'm not working, I have nothing substantial to blog about on a regular basis. I could blog about my new fitness regimen , or the books I'm reading, or what I ate for lunch on a given day, but I'll spare you that nonsense. What Read More...
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It's the last week of school, and I have two days in a row in second grade. Apparently this class has had a lot of substitutes going through. I heard something about their regular teacher being gone on Mondays due to a family thing, so they have a regular Read More...
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I've often wondered what I sound like during the day. While I'm convinced that students simply hear the whaa - wha - wha - whaaa that the Charlie Brown characters hear when adults speak, I'm pretty sure I simply repeat two words throughout the day. The Read More...
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