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  • YoS

    What one of my colleagues refers to as the Year of Suck, an especially difficult and frustrating school year, is coming to a close. Senior exams are finished and graduation is tomorrow Doh! — graduation is next Friday. See how tired I am? [for most of them]. We have another week with underclassmen before their final exams begin. Trying to keep them focused and on task is rather like herding [big, obnoxious, self-centered, rude] cats [with an exaggerated sense of importance and entitlement (but I'm not bitter)]. I am SO ready for this year to be over, but I refuse to give in to the temptation stop teaching and coast for the last few days.

    But… I’m just so damn tired.

    Posted on May 21st, 2009 Tim 6 comments
     

    6 responses to “YoS”

    1. Hang in there, Tim. I always appreciated my teachers up until the bitter end. What your doing does matter even if only a handful remember it.

      –snow

    2. Gads–I meant What you’re doing! You’re! Geez! There I go being all human again.

      –snow

      I knew what you meant. Thanks. And I had a human mistake in the post too. So let’s be human together! ~Tim

    3. Hate to be bitchy, but graduation isn’t until NEXT Friday. We can’t get rid of this particular group fast enough. . .

      Oops. I knew that. And you’re right. Not soon enough…. ~Tim

    4. What subject(s) do you teach? I suppose I should know this already since I have been reading your blog for awhile.

      I teach Drafting at a high school in central Florida. ~Tim

    5. i know what it is living with one set to graduate shortly. several classes full of them would be wearisome indeed.

    6. you teach drafting? whew…for a minute i thought you might be an English teacher and i would have to worry about my grammar when i comment!

      Don’t worry. I have too few commenters to risk alienating you. ~Tim