Laws of Gravity

Wednesday I was back at the continuation high school. And... Meh. The teacher was chaperoning a field trip whale watching. I had one student...

Monday. Fifth period AP English (twelfth grade, literature).  All the classes had assignments on paper that had to be turned in at the end o...

Wednesday. Seventh period. As usual, I was standing outside the classroom "greeting" the students as they walked in. "Your co...

Seventh grade world history. Monday, third period.  Every teacher has one. For this teacher, it's third period. They've been in play...

Eighth grade history. Tuesday. Before school, I had borrowed one of the classroom's Chromebooks so I could take roll and such. I opened ...

Wednesday was my last day in the English 9 classes.  When I began the classes (oh so long ago--3 1/2 weeks prior) I had requested and receiv...

Friday at the continuation high school. Computer aided drafting (or CAD). I have covered this class many, many times. Just not in this class...

And so, it begins again. School doesn't officially begin until August 10th. But, the continuation high school had been in session for a ...

When I checked in for the day, the school's secretary didn't hand me the usual paperwork. Usually I get a temporary log in for the s...

Honors Anatomy. Thursday. Fifth period. It had been a pretty low-key day. The kiddos had work in their Google Classrooms. Many of them were ...

Friday. Snack time.  (Snack is a ten minute pause between the first and second classes of the day.) All the students filed out of the room, ...

They don't train substitute teachers. We kind of get thrown into the classroom after a quick orientation after being hired. It's a v...

Because of our new online sub scheduling system, Mr. P knew who his sub would be before his week out started, and he emailed me the lesson p...

About a month ago, I was going through my work email saved files looking for the calendar for the next school year. As I was digging through...

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...

When Natalie gets computer time, she goes from video to video on YouTube. She has not figured out how to exit. She just opens new tabs.  At...

All Natalie wants is to be on her computer.  Just in case you thought all I had to deal with were Doris issues and Domingo issues, nope. Wh...

Some classes require more of me than others.  Last week I was covering the CAD (computer aided drafting) class. (The teacher was on jury dut...

First period. I have one student. (Well, I have two on the roster, but the second student hasn't yet shown up to school.)  For the secon...

I've written this post before . Many times, actually . And I'm sure I'll write it many times after this. Because, kids. Because ...