But December has its issues, too. Today included the following (remember, this is out of 22 students): V. was assigned In School Suspension for defying another teacher on Friday and laughing, talking, and climbing a fence. ISS at our school means the student has to sit off to the side of the rest of the…
I was going to title this post “god-light”. You know, the light that sometimes shines through the clouds and, some say, looks all biblical and stuff? I did a search on it, and found… well… very little that describes it as I want it described. Then I thought I’d use “A-Ha”. A search ensued, and…
This week’s quote falls In the category of things I never thought I’d need to say. The scene earlier today… A. is quite concerned. He has stuck his head through the back opening in a chair and cannot get it out. I watched him try to remove it for quite awhile (probably way longer than…
One of my turtle-heads tends to favor a good lie (okay, any lie) over the truth. As this caped teacher is, along with many others, able to discern a lie in the seconds before it is told, I find myself catching lies multiple times a day. They are often little lies–“no I didn’t put that…
Today two of my kidlets were humming a few bars from Europe’s “Final Countdown.” A third kidlet joined in. While I was still agape (the adjective as opposed to the noun), they asked if they could listen to it. I could feel a blue-pen-cap kind of experience coming on and let it happen. The music…
As I have told you in person, I leave notes for myself on my phone–often while driving. It is illegal, I suppose, since I use the keyboard and type them, but I typically save it for stoplights, and don’t worry about spelling or anything. Nearly always they are ideas for school or quite close to…
I am going through my papers at school (ahem, 4 BOXES of papers) and found this page of emails and notes: The content is not that important. We were having technical difficulties that day and this was an email string trying to fix it. What I am trying to share here is this piece: …
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We started our photography unit last week. Today we took some photos, and this one made my heart smile. Thank you to fellow caped blogger, TM, for reminding me that I come to school for the pumpkin-heads. I needed the reminder today.
Hope Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune–without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And…
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