how can i expect my students to do well in school when their names don't even follow basic phonics? their entire foundation for education went wrong at birth!
-jylinn.. pronounced jay-lyn. (also, its a boy)
-nyshira.. aka na-sh-era.
-isaly.. like italy, but with an s.
-marchel.. that would sound like michelle but with mar at the front.
-rayce.. his name is race.
-ashantinika.. say it with me "uh-shon-ti-knee-ka". (we just call her nikki)
and the grand finale (however, this one is courtesy of my sister's classroom and not mine):
la-a..
try it out... la-A, lei-a, lA-uh.. any takers?
her name is "ladasha."
she's trying to figure out how she'll bubble it in on the state test.
ridiculous.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
you can call me ms. anderson
week 3...
2 of my kids have been sent to AEP (alternative education)
just this week, 7 are in ISS (in school suspension)
1 girl is pregnant (7th grade!)
countless failed their TAKS benchmark last week
(if they don't pass the one in april, they don't go onto the next grade)
whoa.
its so crazy to me that this school is right where i grew up. where'd it come from?
but also...
alexus talked to me about her church.
i'm jennifer and lindsay's "fave teacher."
every kid in my 1st period did their homework last night!
i made friends with part of the "mexican mafia" and they say hi to me in the halls.
i got a room of 19 boys (plus 4 sweet girls) to focus.
and paige and i do her homework everyday because she doesn't want zeros.
its the little rays of sunshine in my day that make me think i could actually do this.
2 of my kids have been sent to AEP (alternative education)
just this week, 7 are in ISS (in school suspension)
1 girl is pregnant (7th grade!)
countless failed their TAKS benchmark last week
(if they don't pass the one in april, they don't go onto the next grade)
whoa.
its so crazy to me that this school is right where i grew up. where'd it come from?
but also...
alexus talked to me about her church.
i'm jennifer and lindsay's "fave teacher."
every kid in my 1st period did their homework last night!
i made friends with part of the "mexican mafia" and they say hi to me in the halls.
i got a room of 19 boys (plus 4 sweet girls) to focus.
and paige and i do her homework everyday because she doesn't want zeros.
its the little rays of sunshine in my day that make me think i could actually do this.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
the first two days of work
teacher: "guys, where chris?"
kid: "he's in the hospital."
teacher: "what? what happened?"
kid: "he got jumped. it was pretty bad."
kid: "miss, what's that star-looking symbol between those two numbers?"
me: "which one? the multiplication sign?"
kid: "oh yea! i forgot what those looked like."
teacher: "the polite gangster is one that will need some help."
me: "the one in the blue shirt?"
teacher: "no, he's not polite. he's just a gangster. the one in the green is the polite one."
teacher: "did you meet the mexican mafia in your first period?"
me: "the spanish-speaking girls in the corner?"
teacher: "yea that's them. they're the mexican mafia at the school."
welcome to my life. here's to bracing myself and making it til april!
kid: "he's in the hospital."
teacher: "what? what happened?"
kid: "he got jumped. it was pretty bad."
kid: "miss, what's that star-looking symbol between those two numbers?"
me: "which one? the multiplication sign?"
kid: "oh yea! i forgot what those looked like."
teacher: "the polite gangster is one that will need some help."
me: "the one in the blue shirt?"
teacher: "no, he's not polite. he's just a gangster. the one in the green is the polite one."
teacher: "did you meet the mexican mafia in your first period?"
me: "the spanish-speaking girls in the corner?"
teacher: "yea that's them. they're the mexican mafia at the school."
welcome to my life. here's to bracing myself and making it til april!
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