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What do I say…
tomorrow is officially the last school day, and the beginning of unemployment. What do I say for that? You know, I think this is happening so that I will see I really do want to be at this school. I’m still not “concerned” yet. I’m not frantic. Things look good that I will be rehired. My direct admin is telling me to stay in touch with the admin of the school. I made contact and she said to go ahead and sign up for the workshop I have to attend in order to get my promethean board and HP notebook. I have to raise my ears and turn my head to that. I have to find out tomorrow if I will even be able to attend the workshop. My name is in to HR for rehire. I think all is going to be OK, but everyone is talking in circles. I hate the politically correct game.
I am looking forward to summer. Over the last six months I have seriously fallen off the edge of the blogosphere. I barely blog and only skim a few of my long time blog buddies. After my last books-a-mil visit I scored several books that I am excited about. After I finish America’s Women by Gail Collins I plan to pick an Alabama Author and enjoy Joshilyn Jackson’s The Girl Who Stopped Swimming. then I will be on to a brainless read by Nora Roberts. I will probably have a dual reading period with Reclaiming Your Daughters: What parenting a pre-teen taught me about real girls, then pick up The Shawnees and the War for America. At some point I will enjoy Clearing Land by Jane Brox and learn about the legacies of the American farm. Depending on what I teach next year I will read Freakanomics or an American history refresher. There will be more, as hot days tend to keep me indoors.
I do plan to get back to geocaching and playing with the camera. Both girls have camp. I’m hoping the oldest will have grades satisfactory enough to allow her to go. If not I will have to figure out something else, I would hate for her to miss it. Sometime an Alabama trip is in order. I’m not sure how I feel about that at the moment, but it will be nice to visit family.
Sorry life isn’t more exciting…but it is our life and regardless of the job sitch, we are happy and I think that counts.
3 down…days to go
My second exam did not go well, but it went as I expected, 43%. I’m severely disappointed with my third exam. Only 58% passed, 10 of 17. I can name six of the seven kids who likely did not pass. I still don’t get it. You have to get 46 of 100 questions correct in order to pass. Twenty of the 100 are not scored, so I guess the real scenario is 46 of the 80 scored questions correct. Either way…not many. Out of my second class there were several who were within a point of passing. I’m hoping for good things on Tuesday’s retest. No test Monday, but I do have to proctor…dangit. I am looking forward to the end of school, but each day closer means something different this year. Each day I am one day closer to unemployment. Things look good that I will be rehired, but there are no guarantees.
Doing the friends and family thing lately…life is good.
1 down and 2 to go
My first exam is complete and I received the call today that 72% of my students passed. That is the highest percentage in the department, woot! I should enjoy it now because tomorrow will not be the same song. My second block is very weak. I’ll be lucky to see 50%. It is validating to know that the students that are 100% mine did well. My other two classes are year longs and I took over for someone else. They had to learn a new teacher, and I had to gain their trust…overcoming the issue of Mr. So-n-so didn’t do it like that.
Please Lord be with them and help them do their best.
Flair
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