The Failings of the Public School

Next year, I will again be teaching (or trying to) 10th and 11th graders, while watching my favorite students, who I’ve taught for the past two years, move on to AP Lit. It is not a happy day. My C and D students are being set up for failure, all in the name of a school grade.

It’s enought to make you lose hope.

From the Mouths of Babes

Overheard in the classroom:

“Who’s Robert Frost? Is he somebody?”

After a discussion about the three year drought and water restrictions:
“But didn’t it rain last week?”

“How can a diary be a firsthand account? Someone had to copy it.”

Teaching

Writing recommendations is a strange thing.  It means two things: first, that the student really likes you, and two, that the student thinks you like them back.

It warms the heart a little.