Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
The students leaving Lincoln-Edison go on to middle school. This is their last year on our campus. For many of the students ours is the only school they have ever attended. Mr. K. worked with the kids the last several days of this school year helping them make thank you [...]
They arrived this morning freshly scrubbed, pressed and ironed, looking starched and nervous. It was strange and wonderful to see them out of uniform. The boys wore slacks and dress shirts. Several of them even donned ties. The girls wore swirling dresses. Curls bounced where pigtails had been. Tennis shoes [...]
At the end of each work day I am so tired, it is all I can do to drag myself into the house and package the eBay products that sold during the day. Then I list a few more — and suddenly the evening is shot and I am crawling [...]
On Friday my students threw me a surprise party. At least four teachers, one staff member, a half-dozen mothers and one substitute teacher helped them. They pulled the surprise off even though I knew it was going to happen …. First off, I had no clue. They planned the entire [...]
My report cards are done. Done! Yay! Now I can just relax and have fun with the kids these last few days. Fourth Period – General Comments: They must be good for us. They taste too nasty to be junk food. Tastes like farts. Rabbit poop. Green rabbit poop. Odd [...]