by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
(Hey, I remember that teacher.) (He was the long-term sub that covered our class for about six weeks.) (He was an easy target, so easy to make him upset.) I can't help but laugh when I think about it. Oh, poor Mr. S. — we got you fired! Remember when we...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I am royalty, exiled far from the earth. I do not belong to this fallen world, for I am no longer a fallen man. How else could I walk in the ways of the world, except very painfully? Thank you again, R.G. for shaming me. For the shame has no place on a man who has a...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
Thank you, thank you, thank you R.G! You pushed my buttons just enough that I had no other choice but to lash out, to strike back. Disrespect will only be tolerated so long. Sun-Tzu warns every general not to push an enemy into a corner, for then they will fight to...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I cannot understand the depths of some kids' sense of disrespect. After six weeks at Hawthorne High School, I could not understand what had been holding me back for so long. Why did I have such a difficult time when it came to dealing with unruly elements, with...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I had had enough. I tried to negotiate with the students; I was still dealing with an empty and unsupportive principal who kept giving me a hard time about the syllabus which I had given to the students. This man thought that he was a corporate CEO, that his calling...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I did not sleep well one day that I was working for Brea Olinda. What was this nightmare in which I found myself? What could be done to break free? I kept thinking that if I tried a little harder, did a little more, planned the lessons a little tighter, then...
