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March 2008 - Posts

how come...

Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 10:55 PM by mz.w :: 1 Comments
i get one area of my life together or maybe even two and then the other areas that were ok get worse and then if i focus on those then i lose the ones i had? i feel like a middle schooler. i'm turning 30 at the end of may and i'm not quite feeling the Read More...

smoother

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:18 PM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
the wrinkles smoothed themselves out after yesterday. sigh. i just don't like being a *** the first day back from a break, but i guess they needed it, b/c all my classes went much more smoothly today. and a couple of them have even started to work...now Read More...

the kids are not alright

Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:22 PM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
with being back from break. i swear. behavior was more off than one would have supposed. i've never seen anything like this. they all want a day to readjust when we get back from any time off, including a 3 day weekend. turns out i was fine today, once Read More...

good-bye spring break

Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:18 AM by mz.w :: 1 Comments
my spring break is officially over. it is now march 25 and time to get back to teaching. i don't want to. at all. it is 1am and i am still awake, waiting for my nails to dry while i type this. i am in total denial that school is back in session. being Read More...

being sick on vacation

Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 11:08 PM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
pros: 1. no sub plans/notes to worry about 2. no flaky sub to worry about 3. continuity of academics and classroom management 4. no sick days used 5. can watch tv/sleep all day and not feel guilty about catching up on all the things that i should be getting Read More...

a disturbance in the force

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 10:53 PM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
a million voices crying out, silenced. so says my aunt after i tell her that the whole state of ca was pink slipped today. preschool to uc. gotta love those budget cuts. only 36 people were pink slipped in my district, as opposed to the 68 that were originally Read More...

i write well.

Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:52 PM by mz.w :: 1 Comments
not that one would know that from this blog. i do write well, a combination of natural skill and quality education(all of which in the ca public school system until college) but i sometimes forget? not forget exactly. according to the email i got from Read More...

writing test

Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 10:08 PM by mz.w :: 1 Comments
administering state writing test tomorrow. joy. get to prowl up and down or sit at my desk. it's supposed to be taken in 4th, 7th and 10th grade but a fellow barista who is a jr in high school said he didn't take any writing test last year. curiouser Read More...