Today marks my last day of work, indefinitely. I will be officially entering the world of the millions unemployed and have bittersweet feelings about it. I am very excited about the changes that are about to come (Trav coming home, arrival of baby girl, moving) but in the [...]
The past week I’ve been pretty busy with consolidating, packing and unpacking 3 months worth of stuff. My parents drove down to Savannah with me on Tuesday and left yesterday. The trip was uneventful and Brenden did wonderfully the whole way.
I’ve been toying with searching for some part time work once I [...]
…but have another month to go to get there. This school year has been especially trying but at least I’m no longer at Ghetto School. I normally pride myself on my rock solid immune system. Working in the public schools for 7+ years can really boost ones susceptibility to things [...]
The following dialog occurred the other day during a therapy session with third graders:
Boy: I got a new grill?
Me: Oh yeah, did you cook on it yet?
Boy: No? (hesitates)
Boy: You wanna see? (pulls out a jewelry box from pocket and opens it to show off his [...]
Being a special education service provider, I have gotten used to learning of strange syndromes that can afflict a child. I thought nothing could surprise me anymore… I was wrong. At one of my elementary schools a profoundly disabled 4th grader (functioning around a 6 month level) has actually succeeded multiple times in popping [...]
….or 3rd graders.
I was seeing a group of third graders for therapy when we got side-tracked and started talking about the war in Iraq. I asked them if they knew why we were fighting this war. My insightful girl who studiously works on her /r/ sound stated: [...]
So long dear Ghetto School.
Yes, the time has come that I must leave you for someone younger and more innocent. I will be placed at two elementary schools next year where their students will view me as an adult and authority figure, not as one of their peers. I must [...]
Not only are the students at the high school I work at trying to blow it up (that story posted here) , now they are trying to burn it down. Today we had our THIRD fire within a week. Click here for story.
Eighteen days and counting…
Pam’s been working mainly at the inner-city high school in Savannah now for almost 2 months. She dreads it and I don’t blame her. In fact, here’s what Wikipedia has to say about Savannah city schools (I bring out what I want to stress here in bold; Pam’s [...]
