Today was a long day. Not only because it was a white day, but because my oldest had growing pains during the night, so I may have gotten 4 hours of sleep...maybe. Despite it being long and me being exhausted, the day went well. I had my seniors prove they could paraphrase and summarize through writing. It was time to do, and not just try. I gave them a topic (high school dropouts) and I gave them all the sources as to which to write from (thank Kelly Gallagher). They had three small articles on high school dropouts, and I wanted them to use the information given to write an essay on the topic. About half of my classes got finished, so I'm excited to read them come Tuesday and Wednesday to see how they did.
A few of the kids wanted to come see me during iPass for help, which is always a good thing. I like how iPass is working to allow me this time with these kids, but the sacrifices I had to make for this 70 minutes every three days are truly difficult. At times, I am not sure I can keep this pace for another 165 days. Its 10:30 on a Friday night, and I'm going to bed.
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