Break's Over

We got back Monday. The seniors are more attentive than I expected. We're doing the Federal Reserve. I figure monetary policy such a complex subject anyway, they might as well work. So, I'm treating it as an AP level subject and teaching it as such. They'll be happy to move on to something else next week, but this week we're timely.

I wish I had a phone in my classroom.

They told us at our faculty meeting yesterday that on the next inservice day there will be a 90 minute block in which all teachers are expected to make phone contact with at least one parent for each of our students. We have less than a dozen phones available to us. When I, a social studies teacher, pointed out that the math didn't work, we were told, "Do your best." I'll do what I usually do, which is send home printed progress reports for a parent signature. I'll make calls on any senior who's failing, but that's not many.