We went

to New York City. A long time ago. I put the rest of the pictures on my facebook because I'm too lazy to blog them.
It's the end of the school year, I'm tired.

Special Request

I've had a call for more stories. Nothing exciting has happened the last couple of weeks--the kids and I are tolerating each other until TAKS review is over. So this is from last year.

A, a male student, asks to go to bathroom.

Me: Ok

A: Can G (another male) come with me?

Me: No

A: Why not?

Me: Because you're a big boy

A: MRS. JENSEN!! IT'S NOT GONNA SHAKE ITSELF!!

Torpedoes

Last week, I had the pleasure of giving the TAKS test. During a break from my 6 HOURS of staring at children (that your tax dollars pay for, by the way. Thanks.) I went to Chipotle for some lunch. I saw a former student, who is currently taking calculus at the high school, at Chipotle with his mother.

Me: Hey, P.

P: Hey, Mrs. J. This is my mom.

Me: Nice to meet you. So, P, how is calculus going?

P: Mr J. has torpedoes for nipples!! And he says a lot of things that can be taken sexually. Like one time, he told us we had to really straddle the problem and tweak it a little bit.

Me: silence

P's mom: Well, it was certainly nice to meet you. P really enjoyed PreCal last year.

Perceptions

I have an ESL Algebra I class, which means I teach math and try to improve English skills at the same time. Every day they get a warm-up to start with. Here's an example of one I gave:

Remember, these kids don't know English. Don't judge.

Well, a student in PreCalculus came in and saw the warm up on the board, so he thought he would participate:

Ah, the calculator watch makes another appearance...

Sunday Sewing

One of my finer teaching moments

immortalized forever.

Seriously People

Dear Parents--

If you are having an issue with something your child's teacher is or is not doing, it's best to let them know as soon as possible. Or if there are special circumstances, let's inform the teacher at meet the teacher night. For instance, if your child has a hearing impairment and needs to be seated in the front at all times, let's not wait until JANUARY 29TH to call the teacher. And yell at her. Because her son isn't making good grades. Because he can't hear. Because he's not in the front row. Because the teacher didn't know it was an issue.