I can't believe it's been almost a month since I last posted...it went so fast. The beginning of April was even crazier than March with preparing students for midterms and then having to facilitate all of their testing accommodations. Midterms week was basically five straight days with no free periods--I was constantly with students or tracking them down to finish their tests. That Friday we had a half-day so the teachers could finish grading, and JT didn't show up until school was over to finish his midterms (and only because I called him 5 times yelling at him to get to school).
Overall, I was really disappointed with my students report card grades, because I know they can do way better. I've seen it. Ironically, the only one of my 15 students who passed every one of her classes for the term was the girl I was referring to in my last post, who got pregnant for the second time this year, and had her second abortion a few weeks ago. I have never seen her work so hard and want to pass her classes so badly. I'm really proud of her but also really worried about the choices she's making outside of school, but I'm trying to let her counselor deal with that and just focus on making sure she keeps up her grades for the last term.
Tomorrow's the last day of Spring Break, and then the last term of the year begins! I went on a trip this break with some of the other teachers and our principal for the guidance counselor's wedding, and I feel like it was a really great bonding experience. Being friends with people you work with makes it so much easier when work gets crazy--and the next two months are certainly going to be a roller coaster. I can't believe I'm already almost done with my first year of teaching, it feels like just a few weeks ago I was trying to come up with a title for this blog!
36 school days until Regents' exams...
