The BAD KIDS!!!

I have a lot of what you call “bad kids”. It’s no accident either. I spoke with my Program Specialist who basically told me that they were being sent to me because they knew I could handle it.
Okay, so you’re just going to burn me out, huh!
I know that I have excellent classroom management skills, [...]

The countdown begins!

Yes, people, the countdown begins! There are only 19 school days left in the school year. Believe me when I say that I’m counting down. I am really tired. I thought that after my leave that I would breeze through the last couple of weeks. Not so! I am so looking forward to summer. To [...]

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

I would like to say Happy Memorial Day to everyone, especially the Veterans!

Summer school-y me!

I am in summer school. I would have been finished if I’d taken these classes last year but just didn’t have it in me then. So, I have to do it now. Oh well, I gotta’ do what I need to do.

Correction! There will be no U.T.L.A. strike

Well, last night, am emergency temporary restraining order (tro) was issued against U.T.L.A. So, it looks like there will be no strike after all. I don’t understand how this coud be. How can a judge stop us from striking? Isn’t that taking away our rights? What is the union for if not to unite and [...]

U.T.L.A. strike on Friday!

Yes, people. U.T.L.A. has decided to strike on Friday, May 15, 2009. We are to report to our worksite and picket from 8:00-9:00 a.m. and then go to the Beaudry building and picket there.
The last time we picketed for an hour, we had much parental support. Hopefully, this will happen this time also. If you’re [...]

Education is money!

I’m only one person. That’s what I told my students today.
“Why did you stop trying just because I left?” I asked.
I left because I didn’t feel safe here (at school). My leaving had nothing to do with you. I didn’t leave because I don’t care about you. I didn’t leave because I don’t care about [...]

Happy 2-Year Anniversary to me!

Wow, it’s my 2-year anniversar of blogging. Today I’ve been blogging for 2 years. Can you believe that I, the original blog-a-holic almost forgot. Yeah, I know! This blog has become so much more than I thought it would. It became my outlet for expressing myself, working things out, and meeting and networking. I’ve met [...]

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there!

You can’t catch that by…

sitting next to someone who has it
being friends with someone who has it
playing with someone who has it
being in class with someone who has it

This is what I wanted to tell a very ignorant and uninformed parent today. This post is a follow-up from an earlier post. The post earlier was a little short. I [...]

How can someone do that?

I love my students. For some of them, I am the only love they know. I feel so bad for one of my students who I call Pink Socks. I didn’t see her this morning until after nine. The trouble started when her mom came up to the school because she called her crying. I [...]

I can see myself!

That’s right. I can see myself in my “Big Ole’ Shiny Balls”. That’s what I like to call them. My balls, of late, had been a little dull. They hadn’t been shined up in a while. I’d lost my heart. I was being a doormat and not standing up for myself. I was a shadow [...]

What to do?

What do you do when you realize that a good friendship is coming to an end? You realize there’s some kind of animosity there but don’t know what it is or how to ask about it. What would you do????????????

My presentation…

I have to present my literature review tonight @ 5:00 p.m. I’m really not that nervous. I don’t know why. I’m really not prepared, but still am not that nervous. Well, wish me luck. I should be finished at 6:30 or 7:00 tonight. We’ll see how it goes!