Posts Tagged ‘homework’

I’ve been on a calling spree.  Didn’t do your homework?  Here’s my cell.  Call your mom–or, preferably, your dad.  First you talk, then I talk.  Sometimes I make six or seven calls a day.  The parents seem to be happy about it, but some kids continue to be repeat offenders.
The downside for me: parents have [...]

Last week the last lingering afterglow of Winter Break sank deep into the bowels of the Pacific Ocean.  Kids began to slack off.  They stopped doing their homework with any amount of care and attention.  On Thursday, the day we have Music, and now, now that I think they’re old enough and mature enough to [...]

He’s back!  He’s better than before!  He’s José!
I met with his mother yesterday.
And his brother.
And his social worker.
You’d be surprised how many kids come with entourages these days.  It’s my second social worker conference this year.  The other one (surprise!) was Griselda’s (I just knew they had a connection).

If only their entourages brought them movie [...]