on May 6, 2026, 15:32:20, in reply to "Love helping the achievers...but also addicted to trying to turn around those who"
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need a wake-up call. I may not succeed all of the time, but I have managed to change the trajectory for many in my 29 years of teaching remedial literacy. Previous Message
where a kid who had who had repeatedly failed at his probation was cut loose from it. the judge said, "im sentencing you to a lifetime of being a loser." he went harder and longer, but the upshot was that if you failed at this, barring a wakeup call, youre going to continue to fail, and youre likely going to end up in the same building on another floor in the near future.
and that's kind of how i see this case. you cant always help someone who is uninterested in helping themselves. sadly the best you can do is hope they dont distract from people who have an interest in bettering themselves and those around them. Previous Message
Asked a student nicely to put away their phone during work time today. The student told me to "Get out [her] face." When I continued to nicely try and ask them what's wrong, etc., they repeated for me to get out of their face.
My confidence in disciplinary action from her dean is low.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to me!!
Today might be a good day to put in my retirement letter. Previous Message
I'm out of it enough not to realize some high school kids use food delivery to get their school lunch. Really?? Well, there's this from a local HS:
Montgomery County Police identified and charged a suspect with first-degree assault in connection with Wednesday’s shooting at Silver Spring’s James Hubert Blake High School.
Police identified Djibia Gombo, 19, of Silver Spring, on Thursday. Detectives continue to investigate the incident....
After a fight in the school’s parking lot, a 17-year-old male student showed up with a gunshot wound at a local hospital. In a letter to “Blake Families” on Wednesday, school officials said the student is in stable condition.
The school opened on a three-hour delay on Thursday, and students are no longer permitted to take lunch off campus or allowed to use delivery services, such as Uber Eats, to bring food to school , according to the letter....
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