It is March 5th. Scary thought, I know. I'm sitting in my apartment relaxing, such a foreign word to this year. I feel like I never really stop. Even when I'm sleeping, I'm running through in my head what I have to do the next day.
There are a stack of papers staring at me right now (my kids would say I found SMAPHO. And I would receive a penny for that last sentence), waiting anxiously to see if they will receive any purple ink marks. (side note. I don't like grading in red. I would rather grade in purple or green).
It is FINALLY Spring Break. Today was the longest of days. My kids had the jitters. Nobody could sit down. They received their progress reports for this nine weeks this week. A good chunk of them aren't doing too hot. Due to the fact that they never turn in their assignments. Even daily assignments (you would think daily assignments would be easier to do. We do it together in class. The only task that they have is to follow along, ask questions when needed and turn it into the tray for their class period. Apparently that is a hard task for a nine year.
The task of writing your name on your paper is hard too. It's two words you have heard from day one and somehow we can't get the pencil on the top of the paper to write these down. On average, when I'm grading 78 papers from them, I will have 14 that don't have names. Having 78 students, there is no way that I can decipher their hand writings. Especially when they are circling letter choices. But o do they have attitudes when their work is missing. These last two days, I would read off who had missing work and my kids would run up to me accusing me that I had lost their work or thrown it away. Then I would ask them to check their purple folder and wha-la, there it is, perfectly placed there as if the homework fairy had placed it there herself. If the fairy didn't give them fairy dust, I run off extra copies for them to do. They complain doing the same assignment twice but my statement is, would you rather have the zero or some credit?
Next week, I'm headed to Seattle slash Vancouver with the roommates plus Jenny and Melissa. I am SOOOOO EXCITED! It is going to be so much fun traveling to another country together.
Favorite Quote from today
Miss Chambers asks student: "Where are you going for Spring Break?"
Student: "I'm going to Memphis to see Elvis."
(puzzled look on my face)
Student: "You know, the King of Rock and Roll?"
1 comment:
That was a good post . . . but I've seen it for a while. REALLY.
Would you like to let us know about your spring break? I hear it was fun.
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