FIVE TEACHERS!!!??
That should cluestick the Admin, shouldn't it?
You would think, huh. My school lost 20 teachers at the end of last year (which is about normal, now). Of the new county hires, we had one third of the list. For at least the last 3-5 years my school has had the most hires in the district.
Does the county level administrateion get a cluestick? nope.
Erin, I'm so sorry your school was as bad a situation as it was. I, too, am glad you got out. Working in a toxic environment can be such a dangerous thing. Much job ~ma for you.
Pix, I'm sorry you are having trouble with some of your kids. I hope today was just a "passing mood" for them and they realize what an amazing teacher they have as well as all the opportunities they will have in your class.
IOmemeN:
Today my English 3 students had time to work on note taking skills (required by the curriculum). They had to ready 12 pages of intro stuff and take notes they will use to take a quiz. They complained for the entire 40 minutes they had to work and did everything but the work assigned. I'm sure they won't do it as homework, either.
It was a real craptastic day. Before 5:30 this morning, the bowl I was making breakfast in broke and my computer died. Six months ago this same computer had the logic board go bad and now it is acting exactly the same. Right now it's a wonderful doorstop. I'm probably going to have a take a personal day to take it to a Mac store in Tampa. On the up side, the mall the Mac store is at is amazing.
I think I'm going to lose myself in a book for the night. There is a faculty meeting at 7am tomorrow...ugh. DD at that time of the morning is never good.
I'm back from seeing Evan. I miss him already.
Me too!! My 8-month old nephew is also an Evan! And, boy howdy, is he a jolly little bundle of cute.
{{{Erin}}} All kinds of job~ma to you.
{{{Scrappy}}} I hope the eval doesn't go as badly as you think.
My school lost 20 teachers at the end of last year
Holy smokes. How many teachers does your school have? We lost 2 at the end of last year. We have 44 teachers on staff.
I'm still at school. I'm done with work, but it's raining like Gustav made his way up here and I'm trying to wait it out till I run out to my car.
Evans are good babies.
I posted the link to flickr in Beep me
GC, we're not trying yet, but I have in increased risk of having a child with spina bifida. So, I really need to be on it in case there is an oops with the birth control.
Askye, your nephew is a cutiepie!
Thanks SJ, I know I have nothing to do with how awesome he is but he's so awesome! and adorable and just,,,, after having such a hard pregnancy I'm glad she got an easy baby.
Major cutiehead Evan, and Auntie Ali's looking good too!
bonnyNkaspr4evah!
For serious! Casper is my OTK!
Calli, here you go:
1 1/2 cup walnuts, finely ground(I use raw cashew bits instead and I like them much better)
10 pitted dates
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 vanilla (I use a splash more)
2 tsp water
Mix ingredients in a food processor, adding the liquid last.
Mold and chill.
I add a half handful of crystallized ginger, which makes me very happy.
There are SO many variations possible. I did one with almonds that tasted good but was a bit too gritty.
It IS a healthy recipe and a diabetic friend, who really enjoyed the treat, pointed out that the ingredients are very similar to a Lara bar.
I find having just a wee sliver really, really satisfying. Plus, including the time it takes to get stuff out of the cupboard, prep time is roughly 3 minutes! A great recipe to have in the event of unexpected guests. And, you can make interesting shapes with it...your very own tasty, healthy cakewreck.
I generally make a half recipe
