Wk 6 - Day 27

the poster project is coming along...the students are really into the project and everyone is working hard. even the student who told me they hated school and skips a lot...got right on it AND on his own. he didn't like the first animal he drew and asked if he could work on t-rex. i usually would've said no, but this was the first time he has asked to do anything, so i said yes. i was impressed that he spent the entire period working productively...this is a big deal for this guy. i really don't have anything interesting to note about the project...we're still in the computer lab...students are working hard. most of the students will be able to print off the poster tomorrow, but i'm extending the turn-in date to tuesday. students can work on the poster in study hall or at home to complete the project.

the most interesting thing that happened today was a phone call between a concerned parent and mrs. s. the parent felt that mrs. s was singling out her daughter and was pushing her too hard to complete her schoolwork. the phone call lasted for over 20 minutes and got rather heated. the parent was on the offensive side and mrs. s was rather defensive. i know the student and mrs. s. ...and there has never been any time that mrs. s has singled out the student...she's very professional and in my opinion treats every student the same. the call came about after an incident in study hall with 3 girls who were being very disrespectful to mrs. s. and she called them on their behavior. another teacher who happened to be in the room during the incident complimented mrs. s on how she handled the situation...he said he "would've gone off on them." two of the three girls came up to mrs. s and apologized later for their behavior and their friends. i couldn't believe how much the parent went off on mrs. s. i'm not looking forward to those phone calls from parents.