the end is near

May 15, 2008 at 1:30 AM

Tomorrow my elementary string students have a daytime performance. It was supposed to be today, but students from one of the damaged high schools had to use our auditorium for state required end of course tests. We missed our last rehearsals, so it might be interesting. Actually, it should be ok. I have them play all together, but they only play the songs they really know. It's from memory, partly out of necessity, because I will have about 60 kids playing and we have to get off the stage quick for a dance performance. We mix up the traditional class stuff with the Suzuki stuff, and EVERYONE plays twinkle variations on D & A. Then it will be on to inventory, inventory, inventory....

Now for...
MIDDLE SCHOOL QUOTES OF THE DAY
(aka, why this half of my job will be at a different school next year)

"How can you give me a zero when I didn't even do none of it?"

"Why do I have to go to summer school when I didn't pass '3 little parts' of the CRCT?" (CRCT is the state test for Georgia; those "3 little parts" are about 3/4 of the test and must be passed to go on to high school).

The above examples are 2 reasons why home room teachers needed to wait until the end of the school day to tell their students who was destined for summer school instead of right before they arrived at my doorway.

From Terez Mertes
Posted on May 15, 2008 at 1:20 PM

>The above examples are 2 reasons why home room teachers needed to wait until the end of the school day to tell their students who was destined for summer school instead of right before I they arrived at my doorway.

Oh, poor you! Your "quotes for the day" say it all, as well.

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