1st period. These boys. I tell ya. We're talking about September 11th and all they want to do is build the Twin Towers. At least they agreed to paint them. Why do I make plans? I did have a student refuse to take his headphones out when I was talking to them. School policy is that they are not allowed in class unless the teacher allows them. I've been letting them use them while working individually, but it's just rude to have them in when talking to people.
Most of the day today is a blur. I was so exhausted. So were some of my students and several other teachers. One teacher told me that usually happens during short weeks. I had students that were finished with their projects help create things we could put on the wall in the cafeteria during assembly on September 11th. I may have cried a little this morning watching some video clips I plan on showing tomorrow. I showed one to my first period and they said, "Turn it off, I'm going to cry!"
I have a few students that catch the city bus, so I let them leave a few minutes early to catch it. It only runs every 30 minutes, so I cut them some slack, especially since so many of them work after they get out of school. Today, I went to look outside my door to see what time was on the clock out there and saw that there was about a minute left. At that moment, I saw one girl I had been letting go early walk through the hallway and out the side door. I pointed at her, called her name, and let her know that I was no longer letting her leave early.
Progress reports are due tomorrow, and I just finished with grades. Today I had 3 new students show up, and as I was entering grades noticed several more I haven't met yet that I will need to enter (make up) tomorrow.
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