Nature VS Nurture

A few confused colleagues are complaining about grading. What is this grading they speak of???? They MUST cease and desist immediately! All grades, as they SHOULD know, come directly from the GRADE FAIRY. Grades have nothing to do with student work completed or ability.

For future reference: Simply place the roll sheet under a pillow and “POOF!” in the morning the grades will be written in red pen beside each name. (* “POOF!” may require an several ambien and some vodka) This prevents all hard feelings on both sides since the students know that it had nothing to do with them or you.

Factoid: once I wrote my prediction of each students final grade two weeks into the first semester ..sealed it in an envelope.. then opened it at the end of the semester …. I had over 90% right….

Self-fulfilling prophecy or just human nature?

Summer-o-rif-ic

A synonym is a word you use if you can’t spell the other one….

Official Synonym for summer is summertime… weak!
TRY: Freedom, happiness, air conditioned elation! blessed, blissful, bright golden, halcyon, prosperous season of the sun. Most important STUDENT-FREE

… Now begins the back-slide to SUMMER: JUNE-JULY- AUGUST the three main reasons to become a teacher are looming on the horizon

Everyday is a little less painful.
Everyday the OCD kid repeatedly shaking the locked door handle seems a little less annoying. After all he will go back to his own odd apple orchard where he can arrange pebbles in his yard according to weight.
Everyday the guidance techs try to guild instead of tech seems a little less detrimental
Everyday 17 more mornings to get up and face the tones
The marathon is almost finished …runner’s high is taking hold

I can almost hear Janis sing……….”Summertime, time, time,and the living's easy. Fish are jumping out And the cotton, lord,Cotton's high, lord, so high.

So high………….

Clock keeps telling me different times!

Here is a real hall pass from today. Wow! The clock keeps telling different times! Notice the date May 1, 2006....Apparently the calendar is confused, as well, or Mr. Wizard has been giving free rides in the way-back machine. At least my name is spelled correctly! Yea me!