March 27, 2018

1. Fifth graders on pornhub....is that the teachers fault or the district for not putting the proper blocks on technology???

2. So my teacher friend got beaten up trying to break up a fight. Whether or not you choose to intervene, I can see the reasons for both but as a teacher you can't just STAND there and watch kids fight or let your colleague get beat up! You just weren't going to call for help? Bet!

3. Sometimes as teachers we all need to leave a little bit early and can slide out but to make it an everyday occurrence and Miss America wave to everybody on the way out and shout 'I'm leaving' is bold and a game of risk that nobody should play.

4. I really need to work on my facial expressions because the look I give when I get a new student...is not welcoming. Then you put them in the wrong class period...then the student is trying to really work and asking questions...look kid I'm frazzled just chill out and I can get you right tomorrow.

5. Asked the class if there was anyone that did not care about failing...one kid raised his hand...yea yea yea I should be a motivator and all that jazz BUT if a student doesn't care, should I? Should I be docked if this kid doesn't pass because HE doesn't care?

6. I don't have as many transitioning students as I did at my last campus so I'm kinda sad to see a student leave....Welp another one bites the dust.

7. I'm not sure how I became the vessel of "I don't like this person like that anymore/want to break up with them but still like them as a friend...can you help me"...but it's nice to be trusted with this info and able to mediate. I wonder if they can sense this I've been in this situation plenty enough times to know all the right things to say.

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