tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post6435886752966268246..comments2023-07-20T03:10:07.458-05:00Comments on Bluebird's Classroom: It. Is. Here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-87419761368913227332012-04-25T12:05:55.417-05:002012-04-25T12:05:55.417-05:00As I type these words, I am sitting at my desk, wa...As I type these words, I am sitting at my desk, watching my 8th graders work on Part 1 of the Math section.<br /><br />Yesterday, some of these same students asked me the million-dollar question: What will happen if I do badly on these tests?<br /><br />My answer: Nothing will happen to you. The school and your teachers will be blamed.<br /><br />According to my admin, I am not supposed to tell them that, but I am done lying to these students or telling them half-truths. <br /><br />The biggest half-truth is telling these students how important it is that they do their best. What we have always left out is: important for whom?W.R. Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-23460425520734642212012-04-24T19:37:59.403-05:002012-04-24T19:37:59.403-05:00Yeah, we started our Very Big Deal State Mandated ...Yeah, we started our Very Big Deal State Mandated tests today. I had to administer a read-aloud version for two kids with IEP accomodations. One student was finished in a little over two and a half hours. Unfortunately, my other student worked on the test from 9:30 in the morning until 3:10 this afternoon. <br /><br />I wanted to poke my eyeballs out with a sharp pencil by the end of the school day at 3:30! I can't wait for the math section of the VBDGM test on Thursday. I get to work with the same two students again. Pray for me.Mrs. Gumbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055940129493095509noreply@blogger.com