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Curriculum Night

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Yep. That night. The one where the parents come to school to meet the teachers. As a teacher, I like tonight because I like to meet the people with whom I’ll be corresponding all year. By the same token, I don’t like tonight because I have to go back to school for another two hours and dodge questions like, “Why did you give my child a B and not an A on this assignment?”. But of course, most parents are wonderful and supportive of both students and teachers. It’s just those inevitable few that make curriculum night a challenge.

Before I head out tonight, and as I write this, I’m sitting on the porch enjoying unseasonably warm weather. I took this picture because I loved watching the light on the leaves. I hope you enjoy it, too.

On the porch

And for the record, I don’t “give” grades. Students earn them.

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Picture Day!

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Today is picture day at school, which means the girls are “dressed up.” My school has uniforms and “dress up” days are different from “dress down” days in the sense that girls are not allowed to wear jeans. This policy, of course, led to questions about whether colorful pants are considered jeans. And then there are the girls who are wearing sweatpants and claim that these are not jeans and therefore should not be prohibited on “dress up” days.

The moral of the story, however dressed up or down we are, is that we have made it through our first full week of school and that is something to celebrate!

Education, On My Mind

Late August

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This is the time of year when teachers begin to think about school. In my case, I’m thinking about how much I have to do before school starts and how I really don’t want to do it. As much as I love teaching, I’m still in summer mode. I’ve been working on the boat a lot this past week, and the signs of summer that we see every day are not helping me work on school.

A pretty dock in Fairport

However, I am looking forward to the start of the school year because I love school! I chose to be there! I can’t wait to meet my new students, new colleagues, try out new ideas, revise old ones, and be a better teacher than I was last year. I’m also taking Italian (just for fun) at our local community college. I don’t know how to not be a student.

Another goal for the school year is to revitalize this blog. I loved doing it and then I stopped, for reasons still unclear to me. I’m going to aim for a post once a week, probably Wednesday because that’s the middle of the work week and it’s all downhill from there. So keep following, please and thank you!

Enjoy the last bit of summer!