The joys of sixth grade! Old enough to talk sense. Young enough to do what they're told. Old enough to take themselves to the toilet. Young enough...
Yes. A- is hardly a disappointment! The most I would suggest is ask your supervisor what you could do to bring that up to an A, but don't worry...
We use the internet several times daily (the kids have individual blogs and a class blog as well, plus research, sites for manipulatives, digital...
I think it's a bit harsh to mark her late when she's at a school provided activity (even if that activity is breakfast). And if her bus arrives at...
If you don't like bureaucracy, then I don't know that teaching will be much better than medicine!:eek: In my experience, young male teachers...
It's a problem I have regularly - I want to hear if my kids misbehave, but sometimes I get over it and just want other teachers to take...
We have 9-3.30, with a 30 minute recess and 50 minute lunch. I do yard duty for half of 2 recesses and half of two lunches, plus detention for...
I am jealous. We have been in drought for about 4 years - so far, we've had rain once this year, and that was over two months ago. :-(
We are on Autumn break (end of term 1) and, for the first time in a couple of years, I won't be going in to school. We are going away for a...
I have a school semi master key (everything except the boss's office and the security room) and a security key, as do all teachers in my school.
Good luck, Peachy, for your interviews. Here's hoping the one you want most rings first and hires you on the spot so that you can tell the...
Becky, I'd like to echo Mamacita's sentiments - no caring parent is a teacher wannabe, they just have smaller classes. Yes, the mum really did...
Wow, not a very long maternity leave (I had nearly seven years off, long enough to get both babies off to school) but I think you're right that...
I doubt I'd be as mature as the sensible people above - I'd probably just blurt, "What a pity you're not in her grade then!" Not a recommended...
I've had the opposite. Our new neighbors introduced themselves, we chatted happily for a while and they mentioned they homeschool (which explains...
Rain, at our school the saying is that "no good deed goes unpunished". Do something well once and it's your job for life. It's just in the last...
Saying "Don't act like an idiot" is very different to saying, "You are an idiot." If a secondary student doesn't get the distinction, maybe they...
I'm curious - why is that? At our school, we just tell it like it is. Is it a local thing, or cultural?
Is it possible your principal thinks you've been away more than you have, especially if you are often ill? (Long example - my principal recently...
Sounds like he's just searching for an excuse. If it wasn't that you're "only" an aide, it would be that you are a woman, have purple hair or say...
