I only made one post about work last week? Well, I was depressed about the state of the elections I guess. I truly believe we are in for a very rough four years, and that’s all I’m going to say about that. I know who my messiah is and He isn’t a politician. So my […]
Did I really not post about my teaching for the last week? Well, let’s see what I can remember. Monday I worked as a special ed teacher at a junior high. The teacher I subbed for I remember used to work in the district’s therapeutic day school program which is a program for students with
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…for the 5th graders in children’s ministry that is. What? Did you think I meant I was done with this blog? Today the 5th graders made their exit from children’s ministry. In a couple of weeks they will officially enter student ministries as junior high students. Being Memorial Day weekend didn’t help though as there
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Sigh. If there is one thing that is deficient it is the software that one of the districts I’m in uses. No teacher comments on jobs, and no way to change the school in the case of a traveling teacher. So, it is up to the teacher to contact the sub and let that sub
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The assignment I took for today at that furthest school was art and drama. Interesting combination as usually drama is the realm of the music teacher. It was actually a pretty easy day. School started at 8:00, so I was there at 7:45. My first class? 9:30. That’s right, I had over an hour and
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When they say the average American is stuck in traffic (i.e. not moving or moving slowly, not the total commute) commuting to work 38 hours per year (nearly double that if you hail from L.A.) it is nice to have a short trip. In fact, this is a trip that I could easily walk if
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It is April 1 after all. How old does one have to be to have criminal intent? Well, there were those ten-year-olds a few years ago who tossed a five-year-old off of a balcony, but how about eight or nine? And an actual plot to attack a teacher? Among not one, not two, but nine
There’s not really much for me to say today. I was with 3rd grade, which is about the bottom of my comfort zone. I have done lower grades, even preschool, but 3rd-7th is what I prefer. The day actually started out not looking so good with a lot of chit-chat while the kids did their
