Posts under ‘Luke’

They came to cart our couches away today.  One month after declaring them a fire hazard.
Our Very Nice Custodian:  We’re here for the couch.
Kids: No!!!
Me: Now guys.  You know it has to go…
Kids:  Why?
Me:  It’s veryveryvery dangerous.
Kids: Why?
Me: Don’t you know, couches have a disease.  It’s called random spontaneous combustion.  Can you repeat that?
Kids:  Random.  [...]

We finished Day 2 of testing today.  Day 2 was much better than Day 1 when my well prepared students seemed like they’d been sucker-punched, even though we’d spent the whole year covering the material (antonyms, synonyms, word usage, phonics, syllabification, reading comprehension, etc.).  And we’d spent the whole year doing a bit of test [...]

It’s that time of the year.  The most wonderful time, according to some.  The most hectic time, according to teachers.
In the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Xmas, we have to train 100 wild creatures to stand tall, suck in their guts, memorize, and sing–not shout, roar, yell, screech, or otherwise mangle–not one but two songs [...]