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Patricia Baser

vacation starts at 3:00 p.m. EST on Dec. 20!

December 20, 2007 at 12:32 AM

OK-last year our district did not allow teachers to figure out cumulative or mid-year grades. Now, I did think that was weird, but I just went with it. So, silly me, I thought that's what we were doing this year. Of course, it got changed this year-only nobody told the teachers. So, I had to finish up my grades from home. Tomorrow is teachers only. I get to sit through meetings on assessing how to assess, accreditation, and other blah, blah, blah.

At least today was our last day with students until January 7. The middle school students had a party in the a.m. (it's always so fun to get them back after that) so I showed "Nurtured by Love" 3 times. The movie describes Suzuki's life, including life in Japan in WWII. When Pearl Harbor was mentioned, my students said "Oh, I think I've heard of that". Of course, the day before, a music appreciation student asked me if China was bigger than Georgia, so I guess that says it all for the status of our social studies curriculum.

On a positive note, this year's student gifts included several coffee mugs, some herbal tea, and hand lotion. Not a single violin ornament in sight. And I get to sleep in on Friday (that means 7 a.m.-if I am lucky). Happy Holidays!

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on December 20, 2007 at 5:54 AM
Where do you teach? I hope that many public schools are better than yours.
From Patricia Baser
Posted on December 20, 2007 at 10:38 AM
I have taught in other systems, and this is NOT the norm. The district shall remain nameless, although if you are driving down I-75 and intersect I-16 you are right there. I should add that at my elementary school, we were sent an email that specificcally told us that we did not need to input the mid-year grade.
From Charlie Caldwell
Posted on December 20, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Now you know how the geography teacher feels.

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