Student referrals I've wrriten in the last two days:
7 students-entering room and refusing to leave
2 students- smoking (keep in mind the windows don't open in my room)
assault
throwing chairs
throwing trash cans
throwing books
theft
unauthorized use of phone
stealing sub's radio and cursing over the airwaves
2 students- fighting
cursing at substitute teacher
running out of classroom
runing out of school (The kid didn't think about how he'd get home. he had no money for the bus, so he had to come back)
vandalism
I also sent two kids to the nurse who were too intoxicated to function in my freshmen English class.
So, how was your day?
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Art v. Student
"You went to New York?"
"Yeah, we were there last weekend."
"Partying?"
"Some sightseeing, some shopping. A lot of museums."
"Museums? Even in New York you're lame?"
"Yeah, we were there last weekend."
"Partying?"
"Some sightseeing, some shopping. A lot of museums."
"Museums? Even in New York you're lame?"
Thursday, February 14, 2008
spite
The two problems I had today:
1. Forcing kids to read the Manga Romeo & Juliet for class.
2. Stopping my division kids from stealing copies of Manga Romeo & Juliet to read on their own.
Some of the kids are enjoying the class more, but a lot still find it lame, gay, boring, hard, pointless, etc. A lot of other kids want to read comics.
I've given up on pleasing them, and will settle for thwarting them
1. Forcing kids to read the Manga Romeo & Juliet for class.
2. Stopping my division kids from stealing copies of Manga Romeo & Juliet to read on their own.
Some of the kids are enjoying the class more, but a lot still find it lame, gay, boring, hard, pointless, etc. A lot of other kids want to read comics.
I've given up on pleasing them, and will settle for thwarting them
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Shakespeare & drugs
There are two things I taught today that I suspect will stay with my students for years.
1. R&J Act One: "Give me my long sword ho!" is a line that they will not be forgetting soon.
2. Ecstasy dehydrates users, and dehydration is the main health risk it poses for users. Drinking plenty of water greatly reduces that risk.
I think we got a little off topic in one of my classes. I blame the movie.
1. R&J Act One: "Give me my long sword ho!" is a line that they will not be forgetting soon.
2. Ecstasy dehydrates users, and dehydration is the main health risk it poses for users. Drinking plenty of water greatly reduces that risk.
I think we got a little off topic in one of my classes. I blame the movie.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
ahhhhh
Today we're back in classes. The kids came in, grumbled a bit, reluctantly did the warm-up question, and then did the assignment. They had to finish revising their updated sonnet, and a few turned out to be pretty good.
It's weird how it feels when they act like students and I act like a teacher. I like it
It's weird how it feels when they act like students and I act like a teacher. I like it
Monday, February 4, 2008
The punishment
I do enjoy my job most of the time, but there's two easy ways to change that. One, the students can fight, leading to someone getting hurt. Second, we can be self-contained, meaning 6 hours of sitting in a room with nothing to do.
Thursday afternoon, we were supposed to be self-contained. While heading to my room after lunch, I saw two kids starting to fight. While breaking up the fight with a few others, One of the students got angry at us and attacked me. He was rather unsuccessful, failing to land a single blow on me, but did successfully punch a 50 some year old man in the face, leading to eye surgery. Hopefully, the student will not be returning to this school. If he does, there are a lot of angry kids who like my colleague, and he may be hurt.
Friday's snow led to us being self-contained all day. Today quite a few teachers are out, so we are self-contained again. It's like torture. I'd much rather be teaching.
On an encouraging note, I brought in a bad of Manga Romeo & Juliets on Friday, and some of the kids began reading it. I didn't stop them, but wasn't too encouraging, since we'll be reading it as a class beginning this week (assuming we're not self-contained all week, in which case I don't care, because my sanity will give out long before Friday). A few wanted to borrow it, and most thought it seemed kind of cool. This is a skewed sample, since the kids I tend to win up with when we're self-contained tend to like me and are not my problem children, but it's still enough to make me optimistic that teaching Shakespeare might be something other than the painful chore I fear it may be at times (To clarify, I love Shakespeare. I've read alll the plays and sonnets several times. I just expect resistance from high school kids who don't like reading)
Gave out grades today to a couple of guys, who danced around with joy because they hadn't failed any classes. yeah, they should be striving for more than a D, but it's hard not to enjoy the sight of a few gang bangers dancing around because they didn't fail African American History or English Literature. Seriously, how many of you had someone dance for joy at your job today?
Thursday afternoon, we were supposed to be self-contained. While heading to my room after lunch, I saw two kids starting to fight. While breaking up the fight with a few others, One of the students got angry at us and attacked me. He was rather unsuccessful, failing to land a single blow on me, but did successfully punch a 50 some year old man in the face, leading to eye surgery. Hopefully, the student will not be returning to this school. If he does, there are a lot of angry kids who like my colleague, and he may be hurt.
Friday's snow led to us being self-contained all day. Today quite a few teachers are out, so we are self-contained again. It's like torture. I'd much rather be teaching.
On an encouraging note, I brought in a bad of Manga Romeo & Juliets on Friday, and some of the kids began reading it. I didn't stop them, but wasn't too encouraging, since we'll be reading it as a class beginning this week (assuming we're not self-contained all week, in which case I don't care, because my sanity will give out long before Friday). A few wanted to borrow it, and most thought it seemed kind of cool. This is a skewed sample, since the kids I tend to win up with when we're self-contained tend to like me and are not my problem children, but it's still enough to make me optimistic that teaching Shakespeare might be something other than the painful chore I fear it may be at times (To clarify, I love Shakespeare. I've read alll the plays and sonnets several times. I just expect resistance from high school kids who don't like reading)
Gave out grades today to a couple of guys, who danced around with joy because they hadn't failed any classes. yeah, they should be striving for more than a D, but it's hard not to enjoy the sight of a few gang bangers dancing around because they didn't fail African American History or English Literature. Seriously, how many of you had someone dance for joy at your job today?
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