Chalkdust & Apples
Chalkdust and apples are two traditional icons of a teacher. A good teacher shapes the minds and touches the hearts of future generations. In sharing my thoughts on this blog, I hope to share with my readers the joy, frustration, and endless string of entertaining stories that fill the life of a teacher.
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Dear student from 2nd period,
When you’ve spent all six weeks not paying attention in class and not doing your assignments — in spite of all my warnings and re-directing, you’re already lucky that I accepted your late work. And when you turn in work that is 3 weeks late and incomplete, do not copy from your classmate, turn it in again, and expect me to re-grade it. It will not happen.
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31 Signs You've Been A Teacher Too Long
Spit out your gum, please. Inside voices. IS THAT A CELL PHONE I SEE?!
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I dare you to watch this and keep a dry eye.
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Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD
In the United States, at least 9% of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5%. How come the epidemic of ADHD—which has become firmly established in the United States—has almost completely passed over children in France?
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Still need to pack:
- Clothes — how did I accumulate all this clothes?
- Kitchen — this will be a nightmare
- Food in my pantry & fridge — some of them probably need to be thrown out
- Appliances
- My dog’s stuff
- Random, miscellaneous junk
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Busy Weeks Ahead…
Now til next Friday:
- Pack apartment
- Transfer all services to new house
- Donate/sell/throw away stuff
- Start new graduate course
- Grade a bunch of make-up work
Next Saturday:
- Move in to new house
- Unpack everything
Week after next:
- Last week of school
- Pack classroom
- Finalize grades
- Move classroom on Thursday
- Teacher work day on Friday
- Graduation on Saturday
Likes
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what is this amazingness???
must learn.
or have my man learn...
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Things I need to remember…
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Spending this lovely Saturday night making posters for my...
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A great way of displaying your objectives.
