Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Can't sleep

I've got the laptop positioned on my chest so I can try to see the letters I type. It's not fun when you can't find your glasses and it's too late to put the contacts back in. I'll just pour my heart out I suppose.

The security guard at my school I speak with regularly has had two dozen low paying jobs around the county. He claims to be averaging an hour of sleep a night and the dark circles make me think he's telling the truth. What can I learn from him? He's got a tough job and it takes three menial jobs just to make it in today.

I heard about some of his previous jobs and I thought he could write an expose of some his exploits. "Nah, too boring."

I suppose that's subjective. Oh well.

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One of my students was selected for a great honor and will be going to DC to receive the award. I hope I challenged her a tiny bit this year.

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I got another email excuse from the same predictable student.


At least they care enough to write an email sometimes. It's the ones who dont care at all that depress you.

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The heliocopter has been circling a few miles south all night. Students come from there. Then they go home there.

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I had a student suck a lollypop and look at me and play around nearly all period. I suppose the work isn't very challenging but I've got kids in that period struggling with GERMANY WAS A DEMOCRACY. RUSSIA WAS COMMUNIST. LIFE IN THE 1920s WAS HARD.

Time to Review:

What was Germany? ________

"This is too hard!"

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I had a student come back from the alternative ed school (for bad kids), He said it's full of gangs and the teachers don't do anything. Pure baby-sitting. Pathetic.

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We discussed T. Schiavo. A moving testamonial to a lost loved-one was given yesterday. I won't soon forget it. Dont forget how hard this is on the parents.

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