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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

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6 responses to “YoS”
1. snowelf May 21st, 2009 at 21:09
  
  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. snowelf May 21st, 2009 at 21:10
  
  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. unowhat May 21st, 2009 at 21:17
  
  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. mary May 24th, 2009 at 09:08
  
  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. lime May 26th, 2009 at 08:58
  
  i know what it is living with one set to graduate shortly. several classes full of them would be wearisome indeed.
6. mary May 27th, 2009 at 18:01
  
  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