argh.

My students are coloring and doing activity pages. They are quiet, cooperative, and on task (for the most part). Why is it that they seem to only be capable of this when no actual LEARNING is taking place? Why is it that when they're doing things that mean they have to stretch their brains, they get in fights and throw things instead?
(Why do I think I just answered my own question?)
Sigh.

You Know #2

You know* you are a primary teacher when you find yourself picking up pencils out of the dust swept up by the custodian.
...and they're not even very good pencils.

*Yes, I know this is still not a blog post. Grades are in; however, now my CSAP** paperwork is late. One day I will be done with all this stupid paperwork... however, this will probably be the day I retire.

**CSAP=Comprehensive Student Assistance Process. Essentially, the process by which the school district avoids giving students the extra assistance they need, by attempting to prove that it's all their teachers' fault.

You Know

(I realize this is not an actual blog post, and that I haven't really made a blog post for over a month. Hopefully I'll have time shortly, now that my grades are in.)

You know you are a primary teacher when you find yourself thinking, on a more-than-weekly basis, "What is this in my pocket, and how the *&@#^$A* did it get there?"

Yesterday's catch: 3 bits of crayon, 1/3 of an eraser, a late slip, someone's broken cell phone, and two pens.

Proof that I might be getting through

...albeit slowly. XD

Ms. K (teasing): S, I'm gonna pop you in the nose if you keep that up.

S(grinning): You can't do that, Ms. K! That's thinking with your fists!