I got to school Thursday morning to find our supervising teacher making arrangements to bring in a substitute teacher because his son had gotten sick after arriving at school. This wasn't a big deal- all we had planned for our kids was to review and give their test. We just now had to supervise the AP class for the day.
1st period went pretty well. Some of the students did not seem to appreciate that we wanted to give them time to review, but they didn't fight it that badly. There was some chatter at the start of the test, but as we discovered, our substitute for the day was the mother of one of our students and that might have caused some of the chattiness and giggling. Once they settled down though, they once again proved that even though they can be the most difficult on a normal day, 1st period is the most well-behaved on test day. Assessments subdue them. Let's give a test every day, muwahaha.
During 2nd period I thought the AP students were going to execute a full-out rebellion. We were instructed to give them a "quick-write"- they have 40 minutes to answer an essay question. They get two days to prepare for three questions and then are given one question on which to write. WELL, Carrie and I weren't really in a position to review with them, not really knowing what our supervising teacher expects from them. We are usually grading or planning during their class, not paying attention to what he tells them, and we are certainly not reading the chapters in their textbook. Anyway, some of them did their best on their assignment, others blew it off halfheartedly, and others refused to do it. In response to being told that we were becoming like their teacher I said, "That's okay, it's not my job to make you like me. I am doing what your teacher asked me to do. You can take it up with him when he gets back to school." They weren't mad at me, just frustrated at the situation, and I don't really blame them. But it was nice to be able to stand in front of the students and let them know that they can't make me do what they want by begging and whining. Carrie and I didn't back down and they either did their work or they didn't. It was up to them and their grade will reflect their choice.
Thursday was a weird day, not just because we had a substitute. The 12th grade students were presenting their "Senior Projects". Certain rooms were designated for this event and other teachers were acting as judges. Thus, we had a math class in our portable during 3rd period, which is usually time free from students for us. Many non-senior students were also going to watch their senior friends give their presentations. Therefore, there were students everywhere and it was just a weird day. After lunch (3rd period is split in the middle by lunch) Two of our students, one from 1st period and one from 4th period decided to pay us a visit. Thank goodness they are not in the same class!! As we discovered, all they do when they are together is talk talk talk talk and crack jokes and act like 16 year old boys. Apparently they couldn't find any girls their own age to harass, so they came to pester us. Get excited for Friday's post, because they came back to visit during lunch the next day.
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