The last week or so…

18 Sunday Nov 2012

Posted by Smile in Teaching Adventures, Work

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class management, co-mentor, detention, discipline, drama, math, Open House, teaching

So Open House went well (thanks to everyone who prayed!). I had a lovely lesson on angles, which was mainly review, and then had the class do a ton of classwork (kids and parents like seatwork here…it’s a bit weird for me…) at which point a bunch of parents left. One parent asked if my classroom was this loud, and I promptly replied that no it wasn’t, but some of the parents had taken some of the students’ spots, and so when they came in late after giving the choir performance, they had to sit somewhere else. Usually, I had said kids separated. She was super pleased and said she understood. Meanwhile, I was going crazy inside as usually my class is much louder…

On Tuesday my class was terrible. Continue reading →

Oh the Excitement!

05 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by Smile in Fun Fun Fun, Work

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apartment, arrest, attic, drug, lock, marketing, Open House, police, prison, stress, swipe, teaching

So on Saturday, pretty late at night/early Sunday morning, I heard a commotion outside my door and did the smart thing – and stayed inside, away from the door. Considering the exploding noises and huge bangs, this seemed like the best idea.

Today, I found out what the commotion was all about. Another teacher lives in the building, on the other side – where all the fun happens. He was telling me about how he had been emailing the landlord because their side has been having with a bunch of homeless guys who camp out in the hallways or in the attic (which is good to know, because I was going to email the landlord about potential mice and scratching I hear from up there…). Well, as it turns out, Continue reading →