Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
I am certain I have written these words before: there was no heat in my classroom today. Unfortunately, Vegas’ uncharacteristic cold snap broke water pipes in 62 schools, so our lack of heat wasn’t today’s priority. It may not be tomorrow’s priority, either. We taught three 5th grade classes — [...]
I’m a teacher. They pay me to torture children. It’s a nice life. Gerry doesn’t talk. He’s maybe said twelve sentences all year. Today I handed him a file folder full of paper that I had accidentally taken from another teacher. I said, “Gerry, take these next-door to Ms. Whiner [...]
This is the second half of a real day in my life, January 5th, 2007, which actually started on the previous blog entry. This is part 2. (See also:Part 1 and Part 1.5. 11:40 a.m. Bring students in from playground, try to take electronic attendance — the network is still [...]
Since my blog is titled, “A Day in the Life …” I thought I’d share one with you — that is, one full day in my life. Here is January 5th, 2007, in detail — which actually started on the previous blog entry: 6:50 a.m., arrive at school. Prep class [...]
At work yesterday the Internet chose to behave in a despicable manner, taking up to 40 minutes to load a page. A little after one o’clock in the afternoon, the system crashed altogether. I guess they don’t realize that a couple of months ago I started to mainline my email [...]