To the only two people that probably read this (you know who you are) I'm sorry it's been so long! One of my New Year's Resolutions is going to be to post at least once a week. Hopefully I can stick to that.
On the last day of school before winter break, I was standing outside of the office and I see one of my students (Pedro, who has been working really hard over the past few weeks) burst out of the chemistry classroom with a test in his hand. He runs down the hallway with both hands in the air yelling, "MISS, I GOT 100 ON THE CHEMISTRY TEST!" gives me a big hug, tells me that only one other student in the whole grade got 100, and proceeds to run into every classroom to tell every teacher in the school. I don't take any credit for his Chemistry grade, but nonetheless it was one of the best moments I've had all year. A lot of my students seem to be realizing that I am their advocate and that my purpose in their lives is to help them do well in all of their classes, and I love that, without me asking, they are always sharing with me their successes and their failures.
To give you an idea of the kind of people I work with, you NEED to watch this. It's a commercial for the coat drive we're having at school...all of the male teachers (and some of the female teachers) did a fashion walk down the hallway. We made this after all of the kids left before break...they have no idea how much we enjoy our jobs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BACrm7j_SpA&feature=player_embedded
Back to work on Monday after two weeks off. I struggled a lot last month to get my students to take Resource Room seriously. I'm really going to push for a fresh start...it's going to take a lot of focus and dedication not only from the students, but from myself as well.
