Do I remember correctly at the beginning of the summer a lot of yall were told by financial aid that you did not qualify because you were post bac students or in NTI. If I do remember correctly what did yall do correct this.

Thanks

Veterans Day

Seems like it has been forever since a day off in the middle of the week. Couldnt have come any sooner. The only thing better is Thanksgiving is coming up then Christmas. For those of you that have the day off, enjoy it.

And you thought your job was bad.

I'm probably not suppossed to post this but it's too funny to pass up. We gotta laugh sometime or we will all go crazy....

When you have a "I Hate My Job" day, try this: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson &Johnson. Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair. Open the package and remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken. Now the fun part begins. Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement: "Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized". <>Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times, "I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control at Johnson & Johnson." HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE A** THAN YOURS . . . . .

SkillsUSA

anyone going to the skillusa meeting in whitfield on the 13th?

Can test be too easy?

can you make test so easy that everyone bombs it...my kids don’t get issued books so they [books] have to stay in the classroom..i feel this is hardship on them so I give them a chapter handout of my powerpoint..then I review with them the day before the test (basically telling them every question on the test), then as a group I gave them 90 minutes to take the online practice test for a grade then study as a group..come test day about 90% bombed the test..do you think there is a point where they don’t think they have to prepare because I have "spoon fed" them the material? Should I make them work a little more on their own? My 3rd period class only had 4 kids that made an 80 or higher

Whats up with K Deck?

sounds like we need the army at K deck....if i was a full time student thats probably where i would get assigned to park

so what went on in the parking deck today..i got an email that GBI was investigating and that no students or faculty was involved...

One of them weeks

Seems like everything that could happen this week did. PSAT took kids from 1st and 2nd, breakfast for some of the kids took them from first on a different day..do you teach or find time to "babysit" so the ones gone don't get behind and have to reteach the material..glad this week is over

1 down 3 to go

well the first 9 weeks are over..only 3 more this year...i have less students failing this year than last..and FALL BREAK IS HERE..YIPEEEE

same complaint different post

i just love the professional learning days but rather than getting classroom stuff done we have to sit in faculty meetings..we have one kid that has a severe peanut allergy..they put signs up on the door, and took peanut butter sandwiches out of the lunchroom..enough is enough..yet we have to suffer through a faculty meeting with an allergist talking about all the dangers of food allergies.....what is this world coming to? not to mention the rain forest they killed just for allergy handouts.

Frustration

It used to frustrate me so much to see my students fail a test. While it still upsets me, I have learned not to let it get to me. When you back up and look at the "big picture", most of them are the kids that don't care about school. They are the ones that sleep in class, do not do their homework, "goof off" during group projects, etc. I also realized that the ones that are failing my class are usually failing all of their classes. Normally my class is one of their higher grades. Just another bit of evidence that career tech is a dumping grounds for kids that don't want to be in school.

Roaming teachers

I'm sure a lot of schools are like mine. We have more students than we have classrooms and therefore some teachers don't have a room and just float from room to room and teach in someone else's room that is on planning. This is our week for hunters education class. The ag department found out I was teaching this and wanted me to teach their classes also. Since their room is better equipped for 60 students I have been going down there to teach. What a pain. Seems like in the middle of class i realize that i left something in my room. I really feel for you that don't have your own room, and I appreciate mine much more.

Just when you think they get it

We had a chapter test Tuesday. I thought the kids had grasped the concept. For the most part we done our work, listened in class, and even studied in small groups. Out text book has an online website where the students can take a online quiz. We used out study group to take the quiz. The grades with these groups were significantly higher than when we take them with a 2 person group. I though they had mastered the material. Then the test came. Some of the lowest scores I have seen in two years of teaching. What to do what to do? My good students all aced the test, most with a 100. However my middle of the pack and lower royally bombed it. I'm seriously thinking about teaching the chapter over again. What's the opinions out there about teaching the whole unit over again? Where do we draw the line on lazy students? To make matters worse, I read all my classes EVERY question on the test the day before.......

Going back to the old career

Eval

Had my eval today. Just plan on the unexpected to happen. I had more outside class interruptions in one 90 minute class than I normally have in a semester. Mrs Greene was very understanding and had some good ideas for my class. For those of you that have not have eval's done yet don't sweat them. Just do your job and you will be fine.

Power Grade

Anyone out there use power grade as their computer gradebook? I started using the NTI method of total points rather than converting to 100% scale. I had a couple kids with really really low scores. When I put it in power grade it did absolutely nothing to their overall average. Anyone else ever have the same problem?

I'm with Jessie

Let's send them all to Kenya.

Reward

For the most part my kids have been well behaved. I worked it out with our ROTC instructors to take my kids to the rappel tower today. They had a good time and all enjoyed the activites. I will bribe them tomorrow and tell them if they continue to be good we can do more fun activities.

It seems like each week gets easier and easier. With all the things I learned at NTI over the summer it is much easier to keep the students engaged. I also feel I am doing a better job than I did last year. The overall average of my first test was much better than last years.

Here we go again.

I dont know if I got smarter students this year or if I learned somthing at NTI. I do know that this year is going much easier than last year.

Perry

Ed, I see dead people.