by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
Ms. Nellie Safford, a sixth-grade teacher when I was a sixth grader at Madrona Middle School — she was a great teacher: really tough, really scary, and she cared about us! In the beginning, though, she was the first teacher that made me sick with fear when I...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
Diana had become too much. I had put in her in the back of the room, where Dan would laugh at her because she had gotten in trouble. She was still a torrent of trouble, notwithstanding. I did not like her. I did not want to deal with her, anymore, either. I had just...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
Most of the students in Zero period were great. Aside from one late comer with a big mouth — Maria, Maria, how did her mother have the stomach to stand her disrespect? Then there was the plumpy, dumpy Diana. Diana was a handful in that class. A stuffy...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
At Hawthorne High School, I reluctantly took on a long-term U.S. History assignment, with one class meeting during Zero period, from 7:00am to 7:55 every day. I cannot believe that I put myself through such a heavy and demanding regimen. I am very much a night person,...
by altha-admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Articles
Substitute teachers — we get no respect, no respect at all! Most of the time, subs are expected to put up with just about everything. Administrators can be a tricky, prickly bunch, leaders on campus who do not want to deal with discipline problems. I have met my...
