Laws of Gravity

Credit recovery, seventh period. (This is the same day as I talked about yesterday on this blog.)  Credit recovery is a class that students ...

As last week was a holiday week, I pushed posting about the classes I covered before the break until after.  Seventh grade science.  One of ...

Monday after Thanksgiving break, I was called in to cover band ( again ).  After a week off and chilly temps, I came to school prepared. I a...

The weather in southern California last week was pretty nice. We had chilly nights (down into the high 40s/lower 50s) and warm days (uppe...

In the first year of high school math, certain students who are struggling are given an extra period of what is called "math support...

Fifth period economics. Seniors. It was after lunch on a warm day. Class started. I closed the door and switched on the air conditioner...

"Could you turn on the heat?" Yes, it's August. This is not some sort of repost from the winter. And those were the first...

"It feels so fresh in here." It had been a swelteringly hot week. 100°+ temps a couple days. It was forecasted to only be in ...

"Please make sure you leave your doors closed and your air conditioning running." The nearby wildfire affected the air quality....

It was the first week of school, so obviously, it had to be the hottest week of the summer. Luckily, the classroom's air conditioning un...

"The a/c may or may not work." Those words were scrawled in the margin of the lesson plan. And all I could think was, "Oh n...

When I walked into the classroom last Monday, the thermostat read 45°. And my jaw hit the floor. Last week started off cold. It had been c...

Today was one of those days. Average. The kids weren't bad, but they weren't spectacularly good either. It was a good working day. ...

It was chilly this morning. So, one of the first things I did once I got into the classroom was to turn on the heater. Once the room got war...

Today's temps are supposed to get into the high 80s to low 90s.  It was a cool night and cool morning, so I left the classroom door open...

It reminds me of an episode of the failed sitcom It's Like, You Know... . The gang went to see some woman in the valley (for what reason...