Laws of Gravity

It was seventh period at the continuation high school. Science class. They were supposed to be working on Punnett squares , but most were...

For the penultimate day of school, I was once again at the continuation high school. (I did not work the last day of school this year.) T...

It was fifth period science at the continuation high school. The day had started off pretty good, but at this point, the students weren...

I have a couple classroom pet peeves. One of my big ones is students trying to slip out of class a minute or so early. Occasionally stu...

It was the very end of the day in the science class at the continuation high school. A student returned from the restroom. "Pass....

It's 2nd period, and the science classroom at the continuation high school is pretty silent. Except for the two girls taking their 12...

A week ago we had Thanksgiving. A week before that was the continuation high school's annual Turkey Day . They changed things up a bi...

It was Friday at the continuation high school. Fridays are even more laid back than the rest of the week. The students expect to do little t...

It's #ThrowbackThursday or my repost day. This post originally appeared on January 27, 2010 . It was 3rd period. Biology. I was walk...

I ran into Juan quite a lot in December. So, it was no surprise to see him again the last day I worked before the winter break. The first ...

I love the Internet. Back at the continuation high school (my last gig before the break), the science class had a crossword puzzle on eart...

Biology class at the continuation high school. After the student took her seat, she pulled out a book from her purse. She explained to her f...

Is it unreasonable for me to require students not throw a ball around while inside a classroom? Don't worry, that question is rhetoric...

"WHY IS IT SO QUIET IN HERE?" Okay, he wasn't shouting, exactly, but it felt kind of like shouting when he spoke loudly in a...

On Tuesday I was back at the continuation high school. It was the day they got new schedules. (They get new schedules about once a month. Th...

Students ask me questions. Usually it's of the "do you have any kids?" variety. They ask me a couple such questions, and then ...

"No! He's not here?" Today was one of those last minute, unplanned call outs. If it wasn't a teacher I subbed for severa...

It's Friday and I was back at the continuation high school. Yep, I'm there a lot. But Friday is the day to be there. The students ...

It is intersession at the continuation high school. They are officially on spring break, but for one week of their three weeks off they give...

The continuation high school is on a different schedule than the traditional high schools. They complain a lot when school starts in July, b...