Attendance is a problem at my new school.
Thousands of kids, no one person responsible for any one of them.
Without the designated advisor, the progressive form of a homeroom teacher- no one person is in charge of hauling your sorry ass into school everyday.
And if we can't get the attendance rate up the soda hating, teacher loathing, sore loser of our mayor is gonna close us down.
So I ask everyone who misses a day, why they were absent.
Some answers:
It's personal miss...
I've got problems miss...
I couldn't get up
I had a migraine
And today's favorite, from Stuart, who responded when asked twice in English and once in Spanish.
I was buying a book bag. (Stuart was absent three days last week, it was a very elusive book bag.)
The American History class is studying the Declaration of Independence.
Daisy had to write a paragraph on what was her favorite part of the Declaration of Independence,
(No I am not making that up,)
Someone suggested she write about the part where it guarantees all men human rights.
Except, of course, if you happen to be a person of color. Or a woman for that matter.
Student One: That's why Abe Lincoln put the part about freeing the slaves in the Preamble.
Me Nope- not born yet Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson wrote (even if he didn't really mean it) that all men are created equal.
Student Two:- He didn't write that, God did- its in the Bible
Me- Nope- that was Jefferson - Google it
And she did - guess what? she wasn't the first person to claim the all men created quote was from Bible- several websites addressed the issue.
She still doesn't believe it though- she's pretty sure its from the Bible.
Student Three- Daisy why don't you just say your favorite part is all the complaints against England?
So she would have, but the bell rang.
Maybe I should just buy a really elusive bookbag and take a couple of days.
Thousands of kids, no one person responsible for any one of them.
Without the designated advisor, the progressive form of a homeroom teacher- no one person is in charge of hauling your sorry ass into school everyday.
And if we can't get the attendance rate up the soda hating, teacher loathing, sore loser of our mayor is gonna close us down.
So I ask everyone who misses a day, why they were absent.
Some answers:
It's personal miss...
I've got problems miss...
I couldn't get up
I had a migraine
And today's favorite, from Stuart, who responded when asked twice in English and once in Spanish.
I was buying a book bag. (Stuart was absent three days last week, it was a very elusive book bag.)
The American History class is studying the Declaration of Independence.
Daisy had to write a paragraph on what was her favorite part of the Declaration of Independence,
(No I am not making that up,)
Someone suggested she write about the part where it guarantees all men human rights.
Except, of course, if you happen to be a person of color. Or a woman for that matter.
Student One: That's why Abe Lincoln put the part about freeing the slaves in the Preamble.
Me Nope- not born yet Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson wrote (even if he didn't really mean it) that all men are created equal.
Student Two:- He didn't write that, God did- its in the Bible
Me- Nope- that was Jefferson - Google it
And she did - guess what? she wasn't the first person to claim the all men created quote was from Bible- several websites addressed the issue.
She still doesn't believe it though- she's pretty sure its from the Bible.
Student Three- Daisy why don't you just say your favorite part is all the complaints against England?
So she would have, but the bell rang.
Maybe I should just buy a really elusive bookbag and take a couple of days.
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