A Typical Day

11 warning notices filled out to be sent home to kids not meeting grade-level standards

5 notes to parents (homework issues)

3 mini-conferences with parents (Kelly, Jesus, Brianna: Kelly brought a glass perfume bottle to school because Jesus, a 2nd grader in another class, called her fat and stinky; Brianna’s having a hard time counting to 20 )

2 phone calls to parents (Evan wrote ‘yore gay’ all over Juan’s books; Yadira didn’t read three days in a row)

1 six-page autism/Aspergers behaviors survey for Juan (the third survey so far this year)

1 mini-meeting with the principal because Esteban’s mom complained to the school district that we weren’t sufficiently facilitating his use of the bathroom after some kids told him a scary story about a bloody baby ghost appearing in the mirror (I am now to ask him at least two times a day whether he needs to use the facilities and then send him to a special bathroom next to the nurse’s office).

Teaching, anyone?