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The State of Education

Some days I can't help but to tell it like I see it.

School Discipline

A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. He wore it under his shirt and it was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest class in the school.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible and then busied himself with desk work. The classroom became a bit unruly and he admonished them. This happened several times.

While working at his desk, the strong breeze from the window made his tie flap annoyingly. He kept rearranging and rearranging the tie as the class become more and more unmanageable.

Finally, becoming disgusted with the wayward tie, he stood up and took a big stapler off his desk and stapled the tie to his chest in several places.

Discipline was not a problem from that day forth.

From My Kindergarten Dictionary

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From My Kindergarten Dictionary

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"My dope hurts when I fwalloh cuz I was sleepin' wif my mouf open and all my air comed out."

From My Kindergarten Dictionary

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A Word of Warning

I teach Kindergarten. Today I started teaching rhyming words, emphasizing words that sound alike, but may not necessarily be "real" words.  For example, "red" can rhyme with "zed", but "zed" isn't an actual word.  So I gave the class words like "table" and "chair" and "rug" to make rhyming words as I glanced around the room, looking for objects to name. 

A word of warning:  don't give them the word "bucket".

Back to School

Well, I've spent 6 days in training. School begins for us Monday, and the weather is predicted to top 100 degrees.

True to just about every school district in the nation, we're beginning a "new" curriculum, and also a new discipline method. If you've been in education as long as I have, there is one sure bet in life -- a "new" way of doing something will come and go about every 5-to-7-to-9 years.

My brain is tired. My body aches from all the lifting and stuff I've had to do to get my room ready. I have 5 more years to go before that magical retirement pops up.

I just hope I can hold out. In the meantime, I'm going to add a countdown clock to my site, just to help give me something to look forward to.

I Went Back to School Today

I had to start back at school today.  This is my 33rd year teaching.  In some ways I'm always happy to go back and see my new batch of Kindergarteners.  But on the other hand, I'm getting burned out of teaching.  Still, I have 5 more years before I can retire and become a full time writer.

I am sooo looking forward to that time!

I Has a Sad

In the past week I've gotten word that four co-workers whom I've become good friends with over the years have been promoted or transferred to a different campus.  One of them was my assistant principal, and I'm sure many of you can understand how rewarding it is when you have a boss who fully supports you.

Although I'm very happy for their success, it means I'll be starting this next school year with four less people I can go to and share a smile or joke with.