Friday. Integrated math I, eighth grade (read: the advanced group).
The day's assignment had them taking a survey online, then completing a "banner" with advice for next year's eighth graders. And then free time...
It's the end of the school year. The eighth graders' grades were due the previous day. (The grades have to be turned in early so the school knows who gets to participate in promotion. Those who failed classes do not.) And they all knew this. They were ready for their free time.
As soon as they completed what they needed to complete...
"Can we go outside and play volleyball?"
Two girls asked me this. Then two boys asked as well.
Any other time of the year, the answer would have been absolutely not. But now?
The four students turned into ten. Somehow. Security drove up and through the group a couple times and didn't bother to stop them. (Of course, I was hovering near the door, watching.)
The next period, it got hotter. But another teacher had his class set up an actual volleyball net. Well, okay then. Again, half the class was outside.
The last class of the day was the not advanced group. And by that time it was about 90℉ (that's about 32℃). The first boy that asked was in a long sleeve black hoodie. I pointed out he'd be hot. That didn't bother him.
Of course, by the end of the period, he was panting and complaining of being hot. It was too hot for him to walk home...
I mean, I warned him. (The co-teacher texted his mom, and apparently this was an ongoing thing.)
It's a weird time of year. The rules get very relaxed. Many of them got good grades and they're just about high schoolers. (I mentioned they were days away from being high schoolers, and I could tell they're a bit nervous about this.) It's almost summer vacation.
It was good to get outside.
I remember those days, at the end of the year, when grades didn’t matter anymore
ReplyDeleteThe grades were done. There was nothing more to do.
DeleteSummer break ahead. Yay!
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteHow fun, and really why not celebrate a little?!
ReplyDeleteSure. Most of them deserved it.
DeleteThose last few days of the school year were awesome!
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteThe last days of the school year are always fun.
ReplyDeleteThey can be.
DeleteThat's warm but at least for you it's a dry heat. Ninety here would feel like a hundred with the humidity.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the dry heat helps.
DeleteSounds like a fun time, but also challenging to keep the kiddos from flying the coop, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteExcitement, freedom, and a bit of chaos—love it. Nothing beats some fresh air before summer break!
ReplyDeleteI like summer games a lot :D
ReplyDeleteThey can be fun.
DeleteSummers are getting hotter year by year?
ReplyDeleteI know, right?
DeleteWill you be working this summer? Its' hot here this weekend, near 90, which isn't quite normal.
ReplyDeleteI don't know.
DeletePersonally I am not a fan of kids in hoodies. My two grands that are still in school...oops I have three still in school. Lets say that two out of three will wear hoodies, black even, all day even in 100 degree temps. I do not get it. I would say, okay, they are being them, but actually, I think it is a trend they are following. Funny thing, I never see sweat pouring off their face! lol. Me, I would be fanning, gasping for a clean none covered breath and coming out of that thing.
ReplyDeleteI have had this argument with them. They ask me to blast the a/c (on a relatively mild day). I tell them no, they can take off their hoodie. That is not something they will consider. So, I let them swelter. (When it's really hot, I'm blasting the a/c. For me. And I'm in capris and a tank top, most likely.)
DeleteIntegrated math. Holy smokes. I didn't get to that level until college.
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