We spent the week testing for the most part. So it was somewhat quiet. I'll probably be pulled froM the clasepom for a few weeks to help get records in order. So I may post less.
Oh, I did wind up eatting out my side for his nonattendance. I had to throw a student out of the room when he attacked another student with a chair. There was blood and I decided to risk grabbing him, so my injured elbow is killing me again. A month of wearing the brace and not using the arm was wasted. plus I had a bloody student. Considreing my injury, the nature of the school and the erviering problems with students lying about things they do and how I respond leading to discipline hearings for me, I'm an idiot for continuing to work here. I just assume a student will get hurt and air, or I'll be hurt, or they'll tell more lies, getting me in more trouble. I like most of my students, and they like me, but it might be time to go. It seems there will be no consequences for the side, and I highly doubt he will do his job.
Sadly, I probably won't leave until I'm hurt too bad to continue or forced out due to an incident that didn't happen. And that asshole will continue to get a check while neglecting the needy kids long after I'm gone.
I left out the big story, because it hurts to think about it
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
the office
I spent most of today in the office helping get ready for the PSAE test next week. A day teaching definitely beats a day copying stuff.
I learned my colleagues are surly and the people in the office honestly are no problem with keeping vital information quiet until the last minute. If I hadn't been there all day, I wouldn' hear that we're in homeroom all day Tuesday until Tuesday morning. Stuff like this is aging me rapidly.
Concreation highlight of the day:
"hey, where did the videos on the computer go?"
"I deleted all the porn."
"I didn't watch porn on there. Put the videos back"
"what videos?"
"uh, the one with the girls."
" you mean the porn?"
"shut up and put it back"
He didn't get his wish. I was told this is why my aide is cooler than me. He doesn't care if they watch porn. Thankfully, my soul dies a bit every day, so I'll stop caring soon.
I learned my colleagues are surly and the people in the office honestly are no problem with keeping vital information quiet until the last minute. If I hadn't been there all day, I wouldn' hear that we're in homeroom all day Tuesday until Tuesday morning. Stuff like this is aging me rapidly.
Concreation highlight of the day:
"hey, where did the videos on the computer go?"
"I deleted all the porn."
"I didn't watch porn on there. Put the videos back"
"what videos?"
"uh, the one with the girls."
" you mean the porn?"
"shut up and put it back"
He didn't get his wish. I was told this is why my aide is cooler than me. He doesn't care if they watch porn. Thankfully, my soul dies a bit every day, so I'll stop caring soon.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
weird
It was kind of odd. My really good clases today were fairly uncooperative, while my obnoxious class did all the work with no trouble.
I might lose my room. We haven, had an in school suspension room for a month or more and one is sorely needed. It may be my room. I'm not sure why they want the room over the office. I get complaints on noise when they do anything that makes any noise.it would seem a poor choice for the most out of control kids.
I might lose my room. We haven, had an in school suspension room for a month or more and one is sorely needed. It may be my room. I'm not sure why they want the room over the office. I get complaints on noise when they do anything that makes any noise.it would seem a poor choice for the most out of control kids.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
boredom
i've been at the report card pick up for about 4 hours and seen 2 parents. So for the first time, I'm bored here.
Maybe I'll punch someone to liven up our day
Maybe I'll punch someone to liven up our day
Monday, April 14, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Ending the week
Man, what a week. Three days this week, the second floor was mostly out of control, with kids running around, loitering, fighting and knocking on doors. My classroom tended to be quiet most of that time, but it's distracting and rather annoying. One of the other days, I had a student blow up and trash my room, followed by another student flipping my desk over again two periods later. My aide almost had to get off the phone and restrain him, but luckily he calmed down after doing nothing more than destroying some of the other student's work, scatering the papers on my desk everywhere, wrecking some posters, tearing off some of the information I need posted (fire plan, accomodations and modifications for students, etc), and threatening and shoving me. Good thing I don't have any injury I need to protect to avoid half a year off recovering from surgery, or the aide might have needed to cut off the call. Unsurprisingly, I was lectured on not insulting rampaging students. He has so far avoided punishment. Par for the course.
Friday, many of the students were gone on a trip. I had smaller classes and worked one on one with some students. Mostly, we focused on getting missing assignments completed. A lot of the students were in a good mood, so I could spend time joking around with them. I spent some time chasing a guy around who was sticking post it notes on people, trying to stick a note on him. Had a game of what I'll call slap tag until a real name emerges (run up and slap a guy on the back of his neck. Point and laugh). When a studnet complained he was kicked, an aide and I took turns kicking him, trying to determine how and where he was kicked (these are playful kicks, not the hard type). there was also a lot of joke telling and goofiness on their part. I sincerely hope that the guy who was singing his new R&B song about his desire to tear the clothes off his English teacher and lose himself in the teacher's beard forgets to sing it to me again on Monday. It was a mixture of hilarious and creepy.
Sadly, this week marked the return of the forgotten personality of one of my students. he was a flat out asshole most of the time, constantly instigating trouble with other students and trying to provoke me. he then improved and became fine for the last few months, but has gone back to his old ways. From talking to other teachers, apparently he had only improved in my class. I plan on just banning him until his parents at least call me back, or I am forced by someone to allow him back in the classroom. A therapeutic school shouldn't have students habitually provoking other students.
I wonder why I always type "studnets" instead of "students."
Even sadder, the grandmother of one of my studnets passed away, and he seems devastated. he was also really unpleasant earlier in the year, and has since become one of my favorites. He's not my best studnet (there it is again!), but is an above average one, and is just a really likable guy most of the time. I'll say that even though he's the one who broke my thumb and vowed to make my life a living hell. He's also the one who punched someone who attacked me. Hopefully, he doesn't revert to old ways. He's come so far this year, I hope he continues to grow. I hope his family sees the positive changes he's made. His grandmother was a huge influence in his life, and I hope she was proud of what he was accomplishing.
In much happier news, I talked to the student who was hospitalized after the fight a week or so ago. he sounds great, and tells me he will be back next week, which is unbelievable. I'm kind of worried about him, since he must have some injuries still, and there's no guarantee he won't be attacked. He's generally popular and respected, but has a habit of jumping between guys in a fight to try to stop them, and I worry about him. Hopefully, he'll be more thoughtful.
Oh, I had a dvd stolen from my room. I forgot to lock it up when I had to go to a meeting, figuring my aide wouldn't let them go through my desk. I never learn. I told them I was disappointed in them and was not buying another copy, so they would be reading longer, since we couldn't skip over any parts of the story by just watching the movie. A day or two later, a student returned the disc and admitted he took it because he was annoyed at me for giving them too much work (they don't like daily assignments, and too many of my colleagues are happy giving weekly assingments). he apologized, and I said I'd keep him anonymous. According to him, it was worse hearing I was pissed than it was hearing that Romeo & Juliet would go on longer. This might be progress
.
Friday, many of the students were gone on a trip. I had smaller classes and worked one on one with some students. Mostly, we focused on getting missing assignments completed. A lot of the students were in a good mood, so I could spend time joking around with them. I spent some time chasing a guy around who was sticking post it notes on people, trying to stick a note on him. Had a game of what I'll call slap tag until a real name emerges (run up and slap a guy on the back of his neck. Point and laugh). When a studnet complained he was kicked, an aide and I took turns kicking him, trying to determine how and where he was kicked (these are playful kicks, not the hard type). there was also a lot of joke telling and goofiness on their part. I sincerely hope that the guy who was singing his new R&B song about his desire to tear the clothes off his English teacher and lose himself in the teacher's beard forgets to sing it to me again on Monday. It was a mixture of hilarious and creepy.
Sadly, this week marked the return of the forgotten personality of one of my students. he was a flat out asshole most of the time, constantly instigating trouble with other students and trying to provoke me. he then improved and became fine for the last few months, but has gone back to his old ways. From talking to other teachers, apparently he had only improved in my class. I plan on just banning him until his parents at least call me back, or I am forced by someone to allow him back in the classroom. A therapeutic school shouldn't have students habitually provoking other students.
I wonder why I always type "studnets" instead of "students."
Even sadder, the grandmother of one of my studnets passed away, and he seems devastated. he was also really unpleasant earlier in the year, and has since become one of my favorites. He's not my best studnet (there it is again!), but is an above average one, and is just a really likable guy most of the time. I'll say that even though he's the one who broke my thumb and vowed to make my life a living hell. He's also the one who punched someone who attacked me. Hopefully, he doesn't revert to old ways. He's come so far this year, I hope he continues to grow. I hope his family sees the positive changes he's made. His grandmother was a huge influence in his life, and I hope she was proud of what he was accomplishing.
In much happier news, I talked to the student who was hospitalized after the fight a week or so ago. he sounds great, and tells me he will be back next week, which is unbelievable. I'm kind of worried about him, since he must have some injuries still, and there's no guarantee he won't be attacked. He's generally popular and respected, but has a habit of jumping between guys in a fight to try to stop them, and I worry about him. Hopefully, he'll be more thoughtful.
Oh, I had a dvd stolen from my room. I forgot to lock it up when I had to go to a meeting, figuring my aide wouldn't let them go through my desk. I never learn. I told them I was disappointed in them and was not buying another copy, so they would be reading longer, since we couldn't skip over any parts of the story by just watching the movie. A day or two later, a student returned the disc and admitted he took it because he was annoyed at me for giving them too much work (they don't like daily assignments, and too many of my colleagues are happy giving weekly assingments). he apologized, and I said I'd keep him anonymous. According to him, it was worse hearing I was pissed than it was hearing that Romeo & Juliet would go on longer. This might be progress
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Something I learned today
If you're one of my friends who works in law, please don't read this.
Come to think of it, if you're reasonably well informed on legal matters, don't read this.
I had a student attempt to enter my class, trying to get to another student. I told him no, of course, and stood in the way. He tried to shove me out of the way. One of the benefits of teaching freshmen is that they find it hard to move me, so it didn't work. He then backed up and charged me, knocking me back a bit. Someone then grabbed him and threw him to the floor. (I'll give you a hint who it was. He's a white guy with a beard).
The police said there was no need to arrest him or fill out a police report, as it wasn't battery. He wasn't trying to harm me. He was trying to get into the room. The reason he wanted to enter the room was to assault someone, but that's not particularly relevant. You might think that it would be illegal to strike someone, but it's not. You might think that teachers are a protected class, so assaulting a teacher means you're in more trouble, but it turns out that's completely wrong.
So, I don't follow the March Madness stuff, but like the idea of betting pools. I seriously want to start one based on when I will be hospitalized. I have a few little tears in my elbow now and strict orders to not use that arm. I also have students crashing into me in order to attack other students. Earlier, I had to decide whether to get physically involved in stopping a fight or let the kid who had heart surgery a year ago get slammed into a locker a few more times, and chose to risk injury. I am reasonably certain I'll need surgery before June, and would like the chance to win a few dollars. Anyone interested in a wager?
Come to think of it, if you're reasonably well informed on legal matters, don't read this.
I had a student attempt to enter my class, trying to get to another student. I told him no, of course, and stood in the way. He tried to shove me out of the way. One of the benefits of teaching freshmen is that they find it hard to move me, so it didn't work. He then backed up and charged me, knocking me back a bit. Someone then grabbed him and threw him to the floor. (I'll give you a hint who it was. He's a white guy with a beard).
The police said there was no need to arrest him or fill out a police report, as it wasn't battery. He wasn't trying to harm me. He was trying to get into the room. The reason he wanted to enter the room was to assault someone, but that's not particularly relevant. You might think that it would be illegal to strike someone, but it's not. You might think that teachers are a protected class, so assaulting a teacher means you're in more trouble, but it turns out that's completely wrong.
So, I don't follow the March Madness stuff, but like the idea of betting pools. I seriously want to start one based on when I will be hospitalized. I have a few little tears in my elbow now and strict orders to not use that arm. I also have students crashing into me in order to attack other students. Earlier, I had to decide whether to get physically involved in stopping a fight or let the kid who had heart surgery a year ago get slammed into a locker a few more times, and chose to risk injury. I am reasonably certain I'll need surgery before June, and would like the chance to win a few dollars. Anyone interested in a wager?
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