Florida seems to attract them.

No kidding. Long and storied history of it. My high school band director was married to a woman who'd once been his student... in junior high. They didn't start actually dating until she was sixteen and of course, had to do it on the sly because, you know, that whole jailbait thing.

But then they got married the day she turned eighteen, so it was All Okay.

I'm concerned for Abby this year-- she's in the gifted fifth grade and her teacher, while having sound philosophies on paper, expresses them in less-than-confidence inspiring ways. She also has a history of picking a couple of students, usually boys, to mock and make examples of and then laughs it off as her being "sarcastic." But Abby's got to at least start out in the program this year if I want her to be in it next year.

But GG, I'm SO glad they called school for tomorrow. If you get anything like we've gotten in Jax, no one needs to be out on the roads.

Good ol boys network protected him.

Yep, it's a system that is alive and well here in this area of Florida particularly. They seem to love coaches particularly. I don't know how many administrators are former coaches. Funny thing, I don't think the DD was a coach. He weaseled his way to the top. (I think that's worse)

If you're lucky these students will bring this to their parents and the parents will come at DD with parental fury.

I hope so, too. He needs a good dose of reality.

This guy should not be in education.

I could not agree more.

I've been watching the storm and saw some footage from Jax. I'm glad you are all OK, Barb. My cousins in Satellite Beach lost power to 24 hours and the kids were out of school for at least 3 days because of flooding. (they couldn't wait to get out in the surf) My aunt, uncle and cousins in Melbourne were totally fine and never lost power. My parents live in Eustis and I haven't heard from them. I'll call them tonight to see how they are doing.

Sheesh, GG, I'm glad they came to their senses. Also, I really dislike DD. Just in case that wasn't clear.

Barb, I hope the teacher ends up being better than she is reputed to be.

Sean, I'm sorry you had a rough night. I'm very glad you're getting out of there soon, as painful as it is. Slow transitions are difficult for everyone involved.

OMG, tired. This whole 6AM alarm thing is for the pits. It's going to be even worse when it starts going off at 5:45. Blech. I had a good second day of orientation, but now I'm sitting in the middle of my disaster zone of a classroom and wondering how exactly everything is going to get done in time. Wow. Regular PD starts tomorrow, so I'm not sure how much time I'm really going to have before the students arrive for orientation next Thursday.

Oh, my. So the exam I just took? Three of the four questions WERE NOT COVERED IN THE MATERIAL. Thank goodness for my wicked fast dictionary-combined-with-context skills.

I'm going to pee and then take the final. We have three hours. I *really* hope it doesn't take that long. Then, if I have any energy left, I'll try to go back and finish the very few things I decided to skip in order to make sure the tests got taken.

Regular PD starts tomorrow, so I'm not sure how much time I'm really going to have before the students arrive for orientation next Thursday.

You're going to be fabulous, as always.

And go on that final, vw! Go!

Oh, good. She updated grades a bit. The test I thought I did poorly on, I really did poorly on. Ugh. I'm hoping she's generous on the test I just finished.

I need a 60 to pass the class. I'm currently at a 44 with a few things still ungraded (the grades are calculated strangely, so I don't totally understand it). And I'd really like higher than a 60. But at this point, I'll take the damn 60. It would REALLY suck to have killed myself over the last couple of days and then not pass.

Oh, and Barb, you were right earlier with that sentence. I totally did not get that bit of grammar. But, I understand it better now, and she only took off .05 of a point (it was worth .50).

Today DD pulled me aside to "talk privately"

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Demented Douchnozzle should really run off with our governor and bask in the glow of fake tan together. Sounds like they not only resemble each other physically, but have the same grasp on reality when it comes to sound educational philosophy. Not enough ugh in the world.

Go Bug Go!

We only had a couple feeder bands today that didn't amount to too much. Certainly not the 12" we got earlier. Both yesterday and today we have had spectacular sunsets. Wandering outside now with glass in hand to do my bit of sunset worship.

Regular PD starts tomorrow, so I'm not sure how much time I'm really going to have before the students arrive for orientation next Thursday.

I have total faith in you, Pix. Like Barb said, you are going to be fabulous.

Yea! vw, you are almost done!

And, Barb, I think I forgot to add this before. I hope things with the teacher end up being better than you fear. A good gifted teacher makes such a huge difference.