Laws of Gravity

Going into the weekend, I had nothing booked for Monday, so I was glad when something popped up Sunday evening. Then, Monday morning I got a...

When I left school on the penultimate day, I assumed I was done for the year. I went to bed that night thinking about how I was going to beg...

Tuesday. After doing a transition day with Mr. J, I was back in the day-to-day subbing pool. And my first day back I pulled an assignment at...

Thursday. Rain had been predicted for about a week, so it was no surprise when I woke up to lots of water falling out of the sky. I had book...

Last Monday I was back at the Alternative Education Center (aka, the school where Austin was throwing chairs ). So, I was prepared for the w...

Thursday. I was back at the alternative education center ( the place where Austin was throwing chairs ).  At the start of the day, every stu...

Thursday, and I had taken a gig at the alternative education center. This time I had the math and science classes. The day was going about h...

I am on winter break this week. As is my custom, I will save the stories from last week for when we return to school in January. And so norm...

"Did you ever find out who was throwing the chairs?" After the last time, you would think that I would avoid the alternative educ...

The Friday before the Thanksgiving break, I agreed to cover a class at the alternative education center. It has been a long while since I wa...

Last Tuesday was our first day back after the winter break. And Tuesday is one of our off-campus days. The class decided we'd go to the ...

Because last week was a holiday week, I pushed the stories from the week before to this week.  I think I've mentioned the sub situation,...

Yorik has been consistently late, especially for the last week. This is notable as while the school starts at 8:30 AM, we'll wait a few ...

Second period English. Tenth grade (although the boys in the class are officially in twelfth grade). It's summer session, so they're...

Wednesday. Fourth period. It was just Brandon and me.  As Brandon had finished the book on Nat Turner and no new book was forthcoming, I dec...

The last class of the day is "credit recovery". I only have one student, Brandon. He's making up English 9.  Our schools do so...

Things have been going fairly well at the alternative education center, which means it's time for another Thursday 13 . 1. As I write th...

On Monday of last week, Vincent arrived sans hair. He used to have shoulder length, thick brown hair. The difference in his look was startli...

As a reward for good behavior, on Fridays the kiddos get to go out to lunch. Or, at least they did before Covid shutdowns. But as things are...

It's the first full week of summer school at the alternative education center, so I should have loads of good student stories, right? No...