Grades for the third quarter were due today… I must say this, I hate letter grades! No I love them! No I hate them! I cannot decide! I get like this at the end of every quarter. I have a love/hate relationship with our letter grade system. At times I think it’s an accurate representation [...]
According to my contract, I am a high school social studies teacher responsible for teaching those subjects (World History, U.S. History, Psychology, Sociology, Government, and Economics) and for sponsoring the book club. Missing from that contract is all the other things I do on a weekly basis. I am the class of 2011 sponsor, an [...]
Every time we review for tests I hear the title phrase. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. I am sure other teachers have the same problems with reviewing and tests. My general philosophy about tests is that they should be an assessment of the high/important points from the chapter. I try to make my [...]