It's Pie Time and I Am Elected to Office.
Well, I had a decent enough day, considering that the Green Day (which is 1st Period, 5th Period and 7th Period classes) is my tougher day.
1st Period, I spent time going over some AutoCAD problems with the kids. It was a lot direct instruction, but a good number of them are starting to get it. This is my class with 5 Special Needs kids. It isn't easy, but we do appear to be making some progress.
My 5th Period Class is a different story. In that class, I have a group of 7 kids that want to be pushed and work on the harder problems. I have been giving them stuff to work on and I have been letting them go. They help each other and are working hard all period long. That's the good part. The hard part is that the other 11 kids in the class are really struggling. There are some football players, some cheerleaders and some volleyball players in the group and they seem to need a ton of hand over hand and spoonfeeding to understand the littlest concept. I did get them through 4 problems today, though, so I guess I should be happy.
During Homeroom, the student body gathered on the front lawn for a pie throwing fundraiser. Students could buy a whipped cream pie for two dollars and then launch it at the teacher of their choice. As it was a fundraiser, I agreed. I was in the first lineup of three teachers, along with the football coach and the cheerleading coach. Guess what? All the pies that round went to the coaches. I didn't get hit with one pie. After that round, I figured that I had done my duty and I made myself scarce. I can't help it if the kids all threw pies at other people instead of me. I'm just lucky, I guess! My good friend John Cochrane, being a person of overzealous mouthiness on occasion, got pretty strongly abused with a number of pies.
After school, I attended the members meeting for the local chapter of the NEA, the National Education Association. Yeah, I joined the damn teachers' union. Not because I believe in their politics (I don't), but because each member receives a one million dollar professional and liability insurance policy with their membership. In this day and age, this is something that (male) teachers have to worry about. Along the way at the meeting, I was elected as the new Treasurer of the Association. I will be taking over for C.J., the current treasurer, who is my Mentor. I guess this will work out, as I already owe her big for all of the help and advice she has given me.
Me, Treasurer of the local Teacher's Union. Whoda thunkit?
1st Period, I spent time going over some AutoCAD problems with the kids. It was a lot direct instruction, but a good number of them are starting to get it. This is my class with 5 Special Needs kids. It isn't easy, but we do appear to be making some progress.
My 5th Period Class is a different story. In that class, I have a group of 7 kids that want to be pushed and work on the harder problems. I have been giving them stuff to work on and I have been letting them go. They help each other and are working hard all period long. That's the good part. The hard part is that the other 11 kids in the class are really struggling. There are some football players, some cheerleaders and some volleyball players in the group and they seem to need a ton of hand over hand and spoonfeeding to understand the littlest concept. I did get them through 4 problems today, though, so I guess I should be happy.
During Homeroom, the student body gathered on the front lawn for a pie throwing fundraiser. Students could buy a whipped cream pie for two dollars and then launch it at the teacher of their choice. As it was a fundraiser, I agreed. I was in the first lineup of three teachers, along with the football coach and the cheerleading coach. Guess what? All the pies that round went to the coaches. I didn't get hit with one pie. After that round, I figured that I had done my duty and I made myself scarce. I can't help it if the kids all threw pies at other people instead of me. I'm just lucky, I guess! My good friend John Cochrane, being a person of overzealous mouthiness on occasion, got pretty strongly abused with a number of pies.After school, I attended the members meeting for the local chapter of the NEA, the National Education Association. Yeah, I joined the damn teachers' union. Not because I believe in their politics (I don't), but because each member receives a one million dollar professional and liability insurance policy with their membership. In this day and age, this is something that (male) teachers have to worry about. Along the way at the meeting, I was elected as the new Treasurer of the Association. I will be taking over for C.J., the current treasurer, who is my Mentor. I guess this will work out, as I already owe her big for all of the help and advice she has given me.
Me, Treasurer of the local Teacher's Union. Whoda thunkit?
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