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[ringsandcoffee]

Tomorrow: sleep in, get my hair cut, get baby shouwer gift, grade math tests, put a few more songs on iTunes/iPod.
Sunday: church, usual weekend chores, finish up report cards (comments - my least favorite part).

Coldplay has a free download of LeftRightLeftRightLeft at http://lrlrl.coldplay.com/leftright.html

I haven't peeled my page-a-day calendar since Sunday. Haven't even looked at it, I think. Now I have, and it's nice to have a few days of story in a row.

I want this school year to be over. Will I even make it next week? A couple of girls drive me nuts when they are in the room at the same time. Huge disruptions and nothing has gotten through to them. Must work on new behavior plan for next year. Must learn how to be strict, and hope that the problem kids have working phone numbers.

How do I word a report card comment "your daughter does what she wants to and doesn't do what she doesn't want to do, which is part of the reason why she's failing math" but in more acceptable language? I hate writing comments.

Frederick [Wentworth-Hale] is my newest betta's name.

I wish I were a better (i.e. more interesting) writer. My lj entries sometimes bore me.

I also want to be a better teacher. Would be nice if I could plan with other teachers and share ideas with them. Maybe next year will be different. Speaking of next year, I get to move rooms again! :P There goes another week of my summer.

Sleep is drawing my eyelids shut, but I need a shower first.

I still love reading Jane Eyre, opening to random pages. Page 198 of my Penguin Classics copy is one of my favorites. I'm pretty sure I squeed when I read it.

Comments

[roseleaf.livejournal.com]

"So-and-so's math grade would have improved if her independence hadn't gotten in the way of her doing the assigned work." Eh, it's still not nice enough probably, but I'm out of practice. :-)

Are you switching grade levels again, too? Or just classrooms?

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Right now I'm slated for a 4/5 combo, but the principal is trying to add more teachers/classes. It's silly since some teachers in the district were let go, but that's district politics for ya. I've told him I'd prefer just 4th, and he would rather not have combo classes. Whatever grade I end up with, I think I have to move rooms. I've moved every year, so it's not really bothering me.

[bowiechaser.livejournal.com]

The report card could say something about being too independent...goes off-track - things like that. :)

Your entries don't bore *me* - and trust me, sometimes "boring" is good...you've seen the drama in my lj 'cause I don't post "safe" posts only.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Ever since becoming a teacher, I've become hyper-critical of my own writing. One thing we try to teach is not starting every sentence with "I" which is tough to do in a journal. I'm not worried much about posting safe things. If anything, I wish I posted more often.