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Jan 28 2010

Focus on the Positive

I was in a terrible mood today, since I had a coverage with my least favorite class (the one with Sidewinder) that gave me seven teaching periods in a row. I guess Sidewinder’s dad and his lizard have split again, as Sidewinder ripped the heating grate out of the wall, screamed at another kid that he was a “coon” and “smelled like skunk sex,” and knocked over like three desks. Also, over the past week there have been FIVE new kids added to the bilingual class, none of whom speak a word of English, putting the total enrollment well over the theoretical 30-kid cap.

But then I came home and two kids called me to make sure I am coming to see them in the talent show tomorrow, and my awesome sister did a beautiful job of translating my super long and boring unit test into Spanish. So I will try to focus on those things, and Sidewinder’s impending suspension, to get through to the weekend.

One Response

  1. mar-mar

    As I was translating, I was pretty sure I knew about 90% of that test. and I havent even taken your class. How do your students fail??????

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