really? You’re failing because YOU DO NOT TURN THINGS IN. THats it… its not cause you just dont get it… YOU DONT DO IT… this is why your parents are getting letters of all the things you did not do… and you must bring those back signed, before you get your report card…
Today was filled with a ton of grading. I only have one set of papers left. I tried to play Katamari, but it started to make me sick. I talked to friends, but other J has been at work and the house has been lonely. I got house work done; dishes, laundry, fed the snake, and cleaned the bunny cage.
Right now I’m watching Extreme Makeover home edition. Looking out the window, hoping to get a txt message… its a lonely night.
This place has the worst case of ticks. No where else have we EVER been that we get ticks, this includes rumbling through tall brush with shorts on. NO… This place we get ticks even if we have jeans and long sleeves on… wtf
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Lately all I’ve wanted to do was quit. I am trying and wow am i making mistakes, but I’m learning from them. I’ve had more suspensions then i want to remember. Though two I wasn’t even in the vicinity. We moved some kids and things seem to be working better this week. Though we have I identified that issue. When moving students we found that when one student moved, their former class was much more productive and could actually work. It has been good because this was the class that nothing was getting done.
Now I want to work on a way to prepare the kids for the arrival of the suspended students and a way to keep them under control.
I feel like all I get is what I’m doing wrong, but this may be more of myself than anyone else’s view. My wonderful little demons are helping decide their next project. I think I will have them make the rubric for the project. It looks like their standards have something in there for them evaluating works… This might be a good way to fit it in.
We got to go hiking this past weekend. It was nice and warm and we napped on the top of the mountain. Found a perfect spot… also the perfect spot for me to sunburn my pastey legs. I had PLANNED on wearing jeans, but my jeans were dirty or had holes in them so at the last minute i wore shorts… which crispied my legs for a couple days. We looked at their camping sites and made plans for our first trial run.
THEN my jaw started to swell and ow… swollen lymph node had make the left side of my face look like a chip munk. It has been painful to eat for the last few days and i’ve had lots of motrin to help keep me from not being able to talk. The week is almost over and i really need a weekend.
Symptom: Raging / Cursing
Signs: increased whining, grunting or growling may escalate to a rage, a glazed over look may come into the child’s eyes, incoherent speech, cursing
Technique / treatment:
1. Ignore the cursing!
2. Talk in a low, calm voice.
3. Avoid using the child’s name.
4. Avoid talking at all if possible.
Mood: Mixed
Symptom: Oppositional behavior with high energy
Signs: the child refuses to comply with authority’s wishes, the child may become passive/aggressive by seeming to comply with wishes then destroying property or other form of sabotaging the situation
Technique / treatment:
1. Do not argue with the child. Do not force the child to comply with your wishes.
2. Do not threaten with ultimatums.
3. Calmly tell the child what you expect of her, then walk away. Give her time to process the information.
4. Later, come back and reiterate your wishes. She may have calmed down enough to comply. If not, offer a reward for completing the task.
5. Offer another task in lieu of the original task. Have her choose between the two.
6. Allow her to cool off in her room or another safe place until she can decide to comply
If the child cannot compromise, put the issue in basket C (explained at the end of this article) and let it go for now. Do not push the issue unless it has to do with the child’s safety.
Mood: Depressed
Symptom: Anger
Signs: irritability, anger, opposition to authority, anger may or may not have a direct cause
Technique / treatment:
1. Avoid talking with the child as much as possible.
2. Do not argue back.
3. Allow him to cool off in a safe, non-punitive place.
4. Remove / reduce all stimuli and stressors to avoid escalation to a rage.
Mood: Depressed
Symptom: Withdrawn / Anti-social behavior
Signs: the child prefers to be alone, may be irritable or angry or extremely sensitive, will not play or play well with others
Technique / treatment:
1. Encourage the child to talk about her feelings.
2. If the child won’t talk, ask her to draw what she is feeling.
3. Do not leave the child unattended if she has exhibited feelings of suicidality.
4. Try to facilitate 1:1 interaction with another child. Games where no talking is required may be best to begin with so the children can warm up to each other.
push pins – pictures if buildings – famous land forms
have kids design reading wall – contest or give each class half – magazine articles/newspaper/poems… something interesting to them…
J1 or J = Me
otherJ = BF
J2 = sister 1
J3 = sister 2
J4 = Texas J
1.0 = workJ
Jilly = Jilly of Tampa (formerly of RO)
V = TexasV
K = Kris
A = CNX A
Madeline Leigh 7lbs 8oz 22inches
W.D. to me, OtherJ, J2 show details Feb 18 (5 days ago)
…’cause I’m a total geek. But it’s good stuff.
“If there’s no great glorious end to all this, if nothing we do matters … then all that matters is what we do. ‘Cause that’s all there is. What we do. Now. Today. I fought for so long, for redemption, for a reward, and finally just to beat the other guy. Because, if there’s no bigger meaning, then the smallest act of kindness is the greatest thing in the world.” — Angel, “Epiphanies”
The Adventures of J 