Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
So, I was supposed to attend a coworker’s Christams party last night. Before I left school on Friday he called me from his classroom and offered me a map to his home. I am not normally directionally challenged. “I’ve been there already, remember? Don’t worry. I’ll find it.” He said, [...]
The AP walked into my classroom yesterday morning. As my supervisor he does that often. Yesterday, being a half-day before the Holiday, I hadn’t expected to see him. The reading block had just ended and my students were preparing our classroom for the party. The AP took about seven steps [...]
Morning assembly, all the classes stand in straight lines and we salute the flag together, then we listen as the AP gives the morning announcements. He dismisses the students with the words, “If I don’t see you again today, enjoy your winter break, and I’ll see you next year.” Murmers [...]
Is it any wonder I want out of here? Actually, my original plan was only to leave Las Vegas, but this whole state is crazy! Just read this: Lawmaker Says Teachers Should Have Guns In Class 12-14-2006 7:31 AM (Carson City, NV) — If state Senator Bob Beers has his [...]
I am sitting in a straight-backed wooden chair, slumped over a side-table with my eyes closed. I can hear, down the hall behind curtain 6, a drunk yelling that he came to Vegas to gamble, not to sit in an emergency room and bleed to death. I also hear a [...]