Graduation Adjacent

Wednesday. Twelfth grade economics, second period. 

The seniors are about a week away from being done. (Graduation is June 3rd or 4th.) The lesson plan was for me to pass out the last page of their final study guide. And I was informed the classes were "pretty chill". 

Class started. Several were late. And several had yearbooks. I had a feeling not much work was going to get done.

But, then a funny thing happened. The class settled to silence. 

I've been spending too much time in middle school classes, I think. I had forgotten what happens as they mature. 

Were they on task? Some were. Some were looking through the newly acquired yearbooks. (I even had a student ask to use the restroom and return with a yearbook. How long did that take? Not long at all. I wouldn't have faulted him for how long he was out of class at all had I not seen him return with the yearbook.) 

Were they all looking through yearbooks? No. I caught many students doing the end-of-year science calendar. (The science teachers give them a bunch of facts that they list on a calendar as a review for the final.) I caught others doing other random assignments. 

And honestly? At this point they know what the priorities are. If they feel like their economics final is where it should be, I'd rather they spend their time on assignments that are more pressing. 

(See, not all my subbing days are terrible.) 

I spent much of my day working on my summer blogs.