It's spring break, so my subbing stories from last week have been pushed to next week. That means the blog is open for a Thursday 13. But, it's also A to Z April, so what can I make a list of that corresponds to the letter D? How about thirteen previous posts that start with the letter D?
(I spent the better part of three days trying to figure something out, so this is just going to have to do.)
Just for fun, I started with the earliest posts on this blog. While these aren't the first thirteen posts with titles that start with D on the blog, they're probably in the first twenty.
1. Duplicates, February 21, 2008
This is the day I had four Brittanys in class. Each one with a different spelling.
2. Denied, February 27, 2008
Just when I thought I was going to get out of work early, an extra assignment popped up. Sigh.
3. Due East, April 6, 2008
The students had a different mnemonic to help them remember the cardinal points on the compass.
4. Designing on the Fly, May 3, 2008
I knit a sweater without a plan. This was me talking about it in progress. If I recall correctly, the sweater that resulted didn't feel right on to me, so I ended up giving it away.
5. Doin' Nuthin', May 9, 2008
A familiar story: student does no work and finds ways to continue to do no work.
6. Due Process, July 27, 2008
About another pair of boys who did no work in class. Sigh.
7. Drenched, August 4, 2008
This was a day when the air conditioning was broken--in the middle of the summer. This teacher did not remain working for this school for much more than a year after this.
8. Drinking Game, September 17, 2008
This comes from the days when we were having our kitchen remodeled, back in a home I no longer live in. Sigh. I don't miss the days without a kitchen.
9. Do Not Talk to Aiden, March 31, 2009
I instructed a class not to talk to the student who needed to hunker down and get some work done. This went better than expected (although not great).
10. Deny It Like You Mean It, April 2, 2009
One in a long line of stories where I see a student do something, and yet they still deny it was them. (The school no longer does International Day. Although, they've now started something less international-y and more spring-y.)
11. Discombobulated, May 19, 2009
This day went sideways with a change in assignment and an earthquake. Just all in a day's work, really.
12. Dangerous Delivery, October 7, 2009
This is one entry in a series I called "skunk sightings". Luckily, I never got close enough to get to test whether tomato juice helps with the smell, but I was always worried about it.
13. Dreamy Hermes, February 9, 2010
While a 7th grade English class watched The Odyssey, a girl developed a crush on the actor playing Hermes.
It's funny to read back through these old posts. Some of these days I remember. Some of them I do not.
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