We have one day left. One day! My kids wanted to know what I was going to get them. Get them? Are they kidding? There are 31 of them and only one of me. When did kids learn that everything was supposed to be given to them? When did they get the nerve Read More...

I just had to send a really nasty email to a teacher this morning. He is on my team and he and a third grade teacher ran a "friendship" until just after Christmas. They sat together. They were always in each others room. They talked all night on the phone... Read More...

I don't klnow whether to be happy or upset. He has spent the entire year upsetting the classroom in one way or another. When mom came in this morning for a meeting, she literally accused me of being the problem. "He isn't naughty. He doesn't talk back. Read More...

Every year since I began teaching, I have had a consistant nightmare before school starts. It is always along the lines that the students are out of control and they ignore me. I try my signals, nothing. I yell, again nothing. They just continue to run Read More...

When I was a kid, I never got in trouble in school. I was a goody-two-shoes. I may even have been a suck-up. However, I think that was because my Mom was a teacher at the school and I couldn't come home if I got in trouble at school without lots of fear. Read More...

I am not a screamer. I am a yell-er. My class is very noisy and I have need of a strong voice to get their attention. They work in groups and forget that there are 34 students in the class. I do not put children down, or make them feel small in the classroom. Read More...