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Running Start 7 Sep 2010 | 04:31 am
Two weeks down, 34 to go. My students seem to be pretty motivated this year so far. I am a little concerned about the lack of background knowledge a great many of them have, but I plan to push them ha...
Testing Week 26 Apr 2010 | 06:01 am
The only benefit I see in state testing week is that I can actually spend a couple days over the weekend reading a novel. It has been a lovely treat. It will also afford me some time in the evenings ...
Frustration... 6 Sep 2009 | 12:49 am
We have a new principal. He started with us in the middle of last year because someone in central office decided February was a fine time to retire, and this set off a chain reaction for promotions, o...
UIL Mathematics 11 Jan 2009 | 06:10 pm
Had a meet today at a local high school. Two of my kids placed in mathematics (5th and 4th place). One placed third in number sense. I expected another to place in number sense as well, but he is out ...
Like a little cheese with that.... 13 Dec 2008 | 01:33 pm
WHINE? I have a kid who whines about everything. He didn't do well on either of the tests this marking period. I gave an extra credit opportunity last week and he didn't turn one in. He came to me to...
Update: Open House 28 Sep 2008 | 01:43 am
I didn't have enough time to produce a presentation for open house. I do have a fairly decent teacher web page with a lot of good resource links and document links and information about tutoring times...
Open House 26 Sep 2008 | 02:57 pm
Starts at 7 PM. We shuffle the parents through all 8 periods, spending 7 minutes in each class with 6 minutes for them to get from one class to another. I thought.... "I'll prepare a presentation that...
Good News 20 Sep 2008 | 01:27 pm
I ran into a former student who had returned to campus (for what I haven't a clue) and she said, "I think about you every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday." So I asked her what math course she was taking...
Homecoming and Tests 20 Sep 2008 | 01:12 pm
Perhaps homecoming is not the best day to give a test. One of the senior guys in my precal class was wearing a mum on each bicep while taking his exam. Each time he needed to erase, his arm made a tin...
One Down, Thirty Five To Go 31 Aug 2008 | 01:26 am
Survived the first week. My students this year have not shown any semblance of misbehavior (aside from caving in to their *needs* to text message all the time). I have four sections of Algebra 2 and t...
