1 Reason Why I Won't Miss Teaching

A few weeks ago one of my students pointed out there was something written about me on the back wall by the pencil sharpener.  I snapped a photo of it...and then put a poster over it.

Well today as I was packing up my classroom I had to remove the poster.  So I grabbed my phone and took a photo of the kind words written about me...  I think I am a little more pissed that one of them called me Miss instead or Mrs. and misspelled my last name...sigh...

Just Another Day as a Middle School Teacher -

Today at work...

• When I asked a kid to spit out his gum for the second time he yelled out I was a racist.  I have taught for nine years in an urban school setting.  I don't pretend to be a prefect teacher.  I am however...NOT a racist.  I am still not sure if I am more mad or more sad.  I hate when some of the kids are disciplined they claim its racism.

• Another girl had on an inappropriate dress.  We have a dress code.  I let the security guard know.  She was told to 'pull it down'.  Why do we have a dress code? I mean it was super short and she should not have had it on.  The kids are usually given something else to wear.  Then the three times she passed me later in the call she kept calling me a snitch.

• Another teacher on my team called me to let me know that the same student with the dress code violation blurted out in class "If I was going to smoke, I would smoke weed because it smells better".  How do you know what weed smells like in sixth grade?

• Then my daughter, who attends my school wasn't feeling well and we had to leave work early...which really was a huge blessing.  I got to come home and take a much needed nap.

I have 7 full days, 4 half days, and 1 teacher work day left....

A Day in the Life of a Middle School Teacher

I teach middle school.

This is my ninth and final year of teaching.

I am worn out. I am frustrated. It has nothing to do with the kids. I am ready for a change.

With that said,  today was a pretty good day. I had a fabulous descriptive writing lesson planned and my three classes today LOVED it. I gave the kids cheese balls and they filled out a 5 senses chart describing their cheese balls. Then they turned it into a descriptive paragraph. I think they were just happy to have the tiny snack. They all love any activity involving food. We had these cheese balls left over from a family gift exchange over Christmas and I thought they would be perfect for this activity.

{Here is a student participating in the activity}

Something funny happened at work today. One being I intercepted this note being passed from one student to another.

This was on the back -