Today, Monday the 13th, gave your average Friday the 13th a run for its money. So today's festivities began with a student knocking my TV onto the floor, ripping out the cable in the process and colliding with the floor with one giant crash. This is what I get for just telling the woman in charge of funding that, despite the fact that the TV is half as old as I am, it still workED (past tense) quite well. Good thing I'm teaching my kids verb tenses because today changed all of that.
I then received a lesson in anger management several periods later when I encountered a teacher that seems to think that kids with learning disabilities are simply lazy, not disadvantaged or struggling....how thoughtful. This is proving to be my toughest lesson yet. How do I gracefully approach someone whose viewpoints go against everything I stand for? Stay tuned, I have yet to decide, but have a feeling this will be a part of what we teachers like to call a life lesson.
One little victory from today: my freshman English boys remembered about 1/2 of what I taught them last week....that's improvement! Baby steps, my friends, baby steps! There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Since 14 is my lucky number, I have high hopes for tomorrow!
Ready for a new day,
Ms. Phillips
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