Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
i was almost guilty of being like the teacher Mr.G blogged about in his last post, but i stopped myself.
a majority of my students were bombing their math diagnostics on fundamentals (adding, subtraction, multiplication, division) the first two weeks of class, despite being promoted from algebra into geometry. i looked at their old grades and [...]
Posted in Higher Ed, Lighthearted, Shout Outs on Sep 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s that time of year again–high school outreach season. Don’t get me wrong, being out in the community all summer is great and working with students on our campus is fun but my favorite part of the job is visiting high schools and working with students and staff at those sites–it’s kind of how I [...]
Posted in Other Teachers, Parents/Guardians, Random Meanderings, Struggles on Sep 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Passing period and the phone rings:
Other T: “Hey Mr. G, I’m wondering about a student named AC Whenever you get the chance, could you send me his grades from last year in your geometry class?”
Me: “Yeah sure. Well, off the top of my head, I know A was a great student. He did always got [...]
Posted in Reflections, Struggles on Sep 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
This is my second year of teaching.
I’ve quickly come to realize that the whole “in your second year of teaching, things get so much easier!” deal is actually a myth. It’s a myth.
Well, at least it is for me.
If i had 5 periods of geometry classes, it’d be a different story. I didn’t begin the [...]
Posted in Higher Ed, Random Meanderings, Reflections on Sep 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
Disclaimer: Having worked in the K-12 and higher education system for most of the last 5 years, I’m well aware that there are stigmas attached to the term “yellow bus” and “going green” for that matter (laugh right about…now). I apologize ahead of time for this–it must be the marketing/public relations side of me coming [...]
Posted in Methods, Teaching is Collaborative on Sep 8th, 2008 No Comments »
I put in a little work into my page of my high school’s website. If you’re interested in getting ideas for rules, consequences, and other policies, or if you’re just interested in general, check it out!
Posted in First-Year, Reflections, Struggles, The Achievement Gap on Sep 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Here are some first week quotes that should shed some light on my experience thus far:
“Miss, you ain’t gonna stay.”-student on day 1
“Miss, you should get with a Puerto Rican. You’d have sexy kids.”-female student
“Principal T asked us what we thought of you. Don’t worry, we all said you were good.”-student after school
Students say [...]
Posted in Lighthearted on Sep 8th, 2008 No Comments »
me: You can sound it out.
student: h…e…r…
me: Oh wait. Well that one’s a tricky one…
Darn you English language.
Posted in Childhood Education, Classroom Management, Struggles on Sep 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
Everything was going well. I had just gone over all our rules and consequences. Our situational exercises and share outs had gone so smoothly. We lined up. And the most horrific thing that could possibly happen just as students are being dismissed.
A fight.
3 students in the front of the line had a “misunderstanding.”
Student 1: She [...]
Posted in Reflections on Sep 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
That pretty much sums up my feelings. Prior to tonight I can only think of one other situation where I was scared out of my mind.
During our first year in college (oh so long ago) my friend Angie orchestrated a trip to Lodai, California to go sky diving. For weeks my dearest friends and I [...]
