Students and parents and administrators oh my

SCHOOL DANCES AND 15 HR. WORK DAYS, iEP'S, PAPENT MEETINGS, EMAILS, TEAChING AND PREP. GRADING PAPERS AND ALL THE REST. tHAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. There must be a reason I returned to teaching for another year but I can't recall what it was right now.
I have more interested and concerned parents than ever before. I also have huge classes with 36 students and a lot of characters. I writw notes home, give stickers and praises, have groups, give prizes, have good lesson plans, have warm up expercises, yet I get meetings from my advisor, my mentor teacher and the principal.
It's bee a rough week or two...
I have CPR and a dentist apt. next.
Have a cavity and need a filling replaced.
I have a sore throat.

Boo Hoo.....

school - same ole same ole

Well I have two classes of 8th graders that are with me for two hours each. I spend time every day keeping them late for their behavior.

I tested them before and the ladd mean was 58. with many in the 20's. My students in the 80's got moved out.

We have a lot to learn.

This year I have kids in 6th grade 1st and second period with a few 7th and eighth thrown in . They are slow.

We've retested 2x on their vocabulary.

I'm stuck in the last portable with intermitant air conditioning. Yesterday, we had a lock down.

I shouldn't have changed my room. The one thing I like is it's near parking.

I don't hear announcements either.

I survived my open house too.

Trinidad

What a beautiful place Trinidad is. It sits on the ocean in a tiny cove with a beach and a head to walk around. I want my bench and ashes spread there when I go.

Got to visit with my friend Marilyn.
Unfortunately she is not well.

Saw the coop in Arcata, ran her errands and moved her form one house to the one in town.

I was glad to come home. It was not a vacation.

It was a Labor day!