Re: Time...where has is gone?
Thank you guys! You are so sweet!
Now, I'm not the Special Education Head at the school. I'm just a lowly teacher. Ohh and add to that list of things that I also have inclusion teaching and am going on a stair-stepping event at anytime of the day.
1st period: downstairs
2nd period: upstairs
3rd period: downstairs
4th period: upstairs
lunch: downstairs
5th period downstairs
6th preiod: upstairs
7th period: downstairs
THEN.... every other week I have duty after school and it's BACK upstairs!
I should be thin as a rail by the time that May comes around! :eek
Ross wrote:
On another note, I noticed that you live in Texas and the pilot of TVS takes place in Denison, TX. I looked it up on the map to see if it was a real town and sure enough it was!
Just to let you know, Ross, Denison was the place where I was living when AJ and I wrote the first episode of Quantum Leap: The Sixth Season -- (that was the name of the site at that time).
Most of the stories that I've written, I pick places that I know. There are a few that the town likely doesn't exist... but there are times when I want everything to be really authentic so to speak.
I've used: Denison, Temple, Hutto (and yes, the school mascot is a Hippo), and I believe that in one I have even mentioned Burnet.
Those are some of the places that I've lived in the past.
Gelf... please, I didn't mean to scare you about student teaching. Don't be scared. Just do this one thing for me: Whatever you do use the 10 second rule. That rule is: walk over to the student and lean over and tell them what they are doing wrong, ask them to do their work, (whatever it might be) then walk away. Don't fight with them, don't argue with them. Give them a directive and walk away.
Don't put up with anything. If you give a consequence... stick to it. No matter what. The moment that they find your button (try not to let them see it if you can) ... they'll try to push it every time.
Another thing -- if they tick you off... get quiet. Don't talk over them. Wait on them.
I have found out from my own principal that if the student is causing that much of a disruption in the classroom... to where the students around them can't learn and you can not teach to the class because of them.... they can be cited by the police to pay a fine. I even talked to one of the police officers that roam our school occasionally and he said that that was state law here.
Interesting... I wonder if it's the same up there in NY. I would at least ask a police officer and see what they say about that.
Cha Cha... I understand the not turning in work issue. I gave the kiddos an assignment and I'm sure that it's going to be interesting because only one out of 16 has turned their paper in.... and of course it was the one that you DON'T expect to do anything!
WILD!
But then again.... you never know....
Sorry for rambling but at least I'm happy that I have a few people (teacher friends here) that I can gripe to and you guys understand what I'm going thru even more so.
Thanks you guys! You've made my weekend (the one that I actually went up to the school this afternoon and will have to again tomorrow) even better!
Talk to you guys later,