Friday Haiku

Totally forgot to post this yesterday.

(whoa.)

Man.
Just tried to read through my last post.
(T’was trying.)
You might think it was the scribblings of a drunkard.
You might be correct.
I apologize.

Whoa.

Whoa. In the Keanu sense, that is. “Whoa” in that I feel completely overwhelmed by the overall state of things; “Whoa” in the sense that I’m constantly trying to regain a grasp on what’s being taught, what’s going out the window, and what’s necessity; “Whoa” in that the school year has passed so quickly. [...]

Friday Haiku

Who Are You?

Today was the first meeting of the entire faculty at the new school. If you’re new to this blog, here’s an update: I’m moving to a new school, and I found out today (contrary to that linked post) that I have TWO windows. I didn’t turn on my lights once today, and it [...]

Shaving Face

And here I am without beard for the first time in years. (Read here to find out why.) You will get no pictures.
I shaved off my beard in the middle of the lunchroom in the middle of lunchtime. Isn’t that tantalizing. No one was available to take pictures (thank the good [...]

EFFin’ A! (From F to A)

Alternate title: Beard Be Gone
Last week I lamented the fact that my students underperformed on the state test covering Language Skills. At the same time I praised my students for doing so well on the Reading Skills section of the test. At the time, I think about 92% of my students tested “Proficient,” [...]

A Parent said to me today:

Why didn’t you escort him back to his desk?
This type of question bugs me because it requires me to do something outside of my job requirements. And trust me, I know and understand that being a teacher requires so much more from us than to simply pass off information. It requires us to [...]

Hey, there’s more in there!

Today we read the short story Aunty Misery, by Juth Ortiz Cofer. It’s a characteristic folk tale — a short story teaching a moral, or a life-lesson, and involves the customary “Magical Realism” found in such work. We covered this information in the first minute or so of class and found ways to [...]

Linguistically Speaking

While not exactly school related, I thought it might interest you. our language is changing to the point where we, and especially our students, speak in acronyms. We’ve shortened our language into a series of letters and numbers, and I fear it will only progress until our entire method of communication is a [...]