Prom Night
Tonight is the night of the prom. In my junior/senior IB classes at the end of the day, I had exactly five students in each.
View ArticleToday a teacher told me that she had it with a stu…
Today a teacher told me that she had it with a student using their phone to text message in class. He was also a frequent user of the restroom, so she suspected something shady. So one day when he was...
View ArticleSomething That I’d Never Do
Today I’m eating the last piece of a dessert that another teacher had brought in for us. Because I took the last piece, I just began eating it when the students began entering the room. One student...
View ArticleFunding Schools
Today the teachers at my school found a “Pledge Card” in our mail boxes. The principal would like us to donate money to our own school. There are some checkboxes: $50, $100, $500, $2500, $5000, or...
View ArticleDarn, It’s Our Fault Again!
Accoring to a new study High School Survey of Student Engagement, high school students just aren’t doing too much work. The study shows that 55% of all high school students don’t spend any more than 3...
View ArticleScholarship Committee
I love economics, and when “Freakonomics” came out, I got it right away. One thing that struck me the most was the chapter on parenting: “What Makes a Perfect Parent”?. The authors have shown that...
View ArticleHow I Spent an Hour Today
Some people wonder what really goes on during teacher preparation periods. Today I spent an hour trying to get a bird out of a classroom that came in through the window. My neighbors class was totally...
View ArticleThe International Baccalureate and God’s Will
Minnetonka, Minnesota, a western suburb of Minneapolis, has a good size group of parents who want the district to ecease its offering of the International Baccalurate program. The district is a...
View ArticleParental Excuses for Kids
Today, our school’s dance teacher asked me if I knew a student named “Ami”. I told her that I did know her, but she dropped my class earlier in the year after she missed quite a few days. I was upset...
View ArticlePreschool Expulsion Rate Is a Surprise?
I’m not sure why people are surprised that expulsions from preschool are much higher than that of K-12 schools. I suppose it is because people think that the behaviors of the little tots can’t be worse...
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