Anyone who has been reading this will notice the gap in time and blog posts. A lot has happened in the past two months… In January, the parents, students, and staff of my school found out that we basically had no money to operate. After an agonizing meeting, it was decided that we would try [...]
Yesterday the following summarized conversation took place: “Name three of the most deviant things you can think of.” Multiple students: “Murder, incest, profanity..” One particular student “pooping on flowers, cursing at your grandma, and having sex with a teacher.” To which I stupidly replied: “Now that’s interesting, are we talking about a teacher and current student, [...]
We all remember those the monthly fire drills, lectures from firemen about stopping, dropping, and rolling, and family escape plans. I teach about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (a tragedy of history) and the importance of building codes and fire regulations. And then sometimes I want to just throw the regulations out the window because everything [...]
I love my students dearly, but sometimes I have to ask them Really??? Our school, like many I have seen or heard about, has a no tolerance policy about electronic devices, specifically IPODs and cell phones. I love the rule. Students are here for school not to text to their friends or listen to music. Oh [...]