It's Not Even Interesting

Coming back to work today was on the painful side. It's not that the kids were so awful [they kinda were] or that the wake up time so obscene [it definitely was] but more that there is just no progress at our school [there just isn't]. Almost immediately we resumed the chaos from when we left 2 weeks ago. The gym was locked [now can you tell me why on earth the aid who is in charge of bringing the kids up from breakfast to morning line up every day would not have a gym door key? Because he does not.

So we sat in the halls for 15 minutes and a fight broke out.

Mostly the kids were just not in the mood to be there and the classroom was freezing and everyone kept falling asleep. But we started our poetry unit [the most interesting unit of the year, for sure] and "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis who I think is an excellent children's author.

Melanie was not here, as promised. I did not take this to mean she was in Jamaica till I was in the secretary's office and Melanie called from Jamaica so her mother could confirm her arrival and discharge. I still want those discharge papers in my mailbox before I relax about it.

I think Cheerleading might be finito. The girls cant seem to drag their lazy butts to practice and I'm not really in the mood to make them. I had them all take a letter home confirming their participation and if I don't get a good response, I'm calling it quits and doing per session work for my principal. Really easy administrative stuff that I will relish after a long day of teaching and is well worth the money.


Top 5 Songs of April Break [that's for you, B]

Warning Siren Tiefschwarz [featuring Matty from the Rapture]
Easy Love MSTRKRFT [this was free on iTunes for a bit...]
At Last I Am Born Morrissey
Animal Battle Saliva Slingers [remixed by Joseph Francis Machine]
Tokyo The Debutantes

I'll leave you with an excerpt from a rap called "Pencil" written by a girl in my homeroom:

it doesn't have a back
it doesn't have a back
it doesn't have a back to the pencil the pencil

when it's time for a test
when it's time for a test
your gonna need a pencil a pencil a pencil
a P-E-N
a C-I-L

a pencil a pencil

[there are more verses but I'll spare you]