Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Today I signed my professional evaluation. Several times throughout the school year, a supervisor walks through each classroom. Occasionally he or she stays and actually checks things out. I wasn’t looking forward to this year’s eval. Seems like every time the AP came into my room, something was wrong. I [...]
Rain has come to the desert. Finally. Believe it or not, when it rains in the desert, excitement reins. Desert dwellers locked in classrooms do not get anxious and antsy when the sun shines. That is not when they beg to go out and play. Desert dwellers love the rain. [...]
Today the Librarian provided pizza for my class — their reward for reading 325 books during Nevada Reading Week. Five pizzas were delivered. Each pizza was cut in 8 pieces. That is 40 pieces of pizza for 24 children. Do you detect a problem? Despite the foul up, every child [...]
Bits: I wrote this piece for Dr. John’s dragon story contest. It didn’t win (Margaret’s did), but I thought you might enjoy it just the same. I’m a school teacher well respected in my community and not given to flights of fancy, but I swear, my newest student, Jimmy, is [...]
I just took OC to the airport — again. The man keeps insisting on leaving me. Now I am on my way to work for a perfectly miserable day — but it will still be better then staying in this house alone. Update: 8:08 a.m. — on my way to [...]