Laws of Gravity

The very special ed class, Friday.  The last time I subbed for Ms. H, the class was going on a field trip. This day, same. This time they we...

Monday morning, sometime after midnight, I finally caught an assignment for Monday. I had tried to grab a couple before this, but both infor...

After winter break, I covered three days in a mod to severe special ed class. (Read: high school aged kiddos who read at an elementary schoo...

Winter break vacation over, and I caught a special ed job. You know, in one of those  classes. For three days.  Actually, things went pretty...

Friday had been a minimum day (end of the first quarter). Ms. S and I checked out at the same time, and we were outside, chatting. (Ms. S is...

I was back in Ms. H's moderate to severe special ed class. ( When I was last there, I had some car trouble .)  The first block. Ryder wa...

Last Friday was a day ... As I drove to school, the sun was shining. And the rain was falling. The rain wasn't supposed to be falling. T...

Wednesday. I had accepted a gig covering a moderate to severe special ed class, so I was prepared for a certain kind of day. It's not th...

On Tuesday of last week, I was back in Ms. R's moderate to severe special ed class. ( I was last there two weeks ago .)  The last time I...

Thursday I took a gig in a special ed class that was labeled as "moderate to severe" in the substitute teacher booking app. I knew...

In every workplace there is that one person who takes on the emotional labor of keeping track of everyone's birthdays. They remind those...

The first day of school kind of feels like the grand opening of a restaurant or other business. Everyone is there. Everyone is on their best...

I'm really not sure what one story to tell to wrap up this school year, so instead I'm going to tell 13 mini stories. (This is a Thu...

The adult transition center starts its day about an hour later than everyone else. Which has been really nice.  The school shares its parkin...

I have mentioned Natalie's obsession with her computer before .  Most of the time, when she has computer time, she goes on YouTube and w...

At the adult transition center, the students don't "graduate". We had our "culmination" ceremony last Wednesday.  To...

One day on CNN 10 there was a story about "soft" robots . I thought they kind of looked like they were made of slime. I mentioned ...

Towards the end of the day, I like to muse aloud about what I'm thinking for the plans for the next school day. It was Thursday afternoo...

First thing in the morning, we do a "calendar" thing. It starts with changing the date on the board, but it encompasses the weathe...

On Wednesday, one of the other teachers arranged a picnic for the school.  When the picnic was announced, I discussed with all the aides. We...