Laws of Gravity

"That hurted me." Tenth grade English. It was the Friday before Thanksgiving break. They had a project having to do with Macb...

Eleventh grade U.S. history. I had just gone over their assignment and asked for questions. "Can we move seats and work with a par...

We're still on winter break. School starts back on Monday. I've been holding my posts from the week before the break until when s...

"Look at this. We have to write all this down. It's too much work. I'm going to drop out." 10th grade world history. ...

Middle school graphic arts class. Because there was a sub, they were stuck doing bookwork. (And they didn't like that  one bit. Let...

I was back in the middle school ELD class . (She's a new teacher, so she has a lot of trainings that the district makes her attend.) ...

The conversation from yesterday's post did not quite end there... Eventually, the girl let the listening to music issue go. Primar...

7th period math. They were just getting started on their computers when I noticed they weren't on their assigned computers. I informe...

I was back at the continuation high school for the first time since September, and I noticed a major change. Every student (practically) ...

I've been dithering about, trying to figure out who I was going to blog about today. And it's hard. Because I have two great candida...

Never argue with a teenager. It doesn't matter how many reasonable, well-thought-out points you make. If they feel they are right, nothi...

The lesson plan was pretty emphatic about me making sure the students were all seated in their assigned seats according to the seating chart...

The 7th grade math class had a list of things to do. Homework. Packets. Test the next day. And a whole period in which to complete said assi...