Day 22

I have made it through another day and did it in good fashion. However, the student drama was a little over the top. One of my students started crying because a diorama she built and lent another student use was destroyed when it was accidentally stepped on. She claims she only lent it to the student and he says she gave it to him. I talked to all and apologies were made and all is well for now.

My next dramatic moment came in the middle of the IOWA test I was administered and I did not get to the bottom of the problem. I sent the cryer (offended party) to see the counselor and I did not get around to talking to the offender and the offended. This will be a challenge for tomorrow.

I met with the vice-principal to discuss a proposal for my class schedule. I had too many broken up chunks of time and was not able to spend the time I needed on math. She liked my proposal and I will start it next week. I received authorization to only hold around two hours of science/social studies per week. I was able to schedule an ILS reading period and cursive writing time. It was a trade off and I hope the right decision.

Faculty meeting went well today. A little too much discussion and not enough interaction between the teachers & management. We received some good news and cannot reveal it until Friday.

I brought hard boiled eggs into reading today as an object lesson to show how a hard boiled egg is similar to the earth. I used it to show the parts of a volcano. It went well and my students enjoyed eating the egg.

I copied all of the past two weeks missed assignments and attached them to the parents letter so students could get them done for credit. I hope it works.

I left work after a 12 hour day. I hope somewhere along the line the days get shorter.