Monday was a bit strange because when we got to Parks in the morning, we found that it had been broken into over the weekend. All of the computer projectors had been stolen, there was graffitti and urine all over the school, and our candy jar was stolen from our classroom. :( This threw all of us off a but, but I had the students watch the Thriller video and they were very excited about it and did well on their cause and effect assessment. Even though we couldn't watch it on the screen, we huddled around my computer, and they got a kick out of it. My advisor observed me that day and she only had good things to say the next day when we had our de-brief. Today I did a lesson where they had to apply for their dream job on a real job application. This brought up interesting questions about high school, the real world, jobs, etc. things that I think these kids needed and wanted to discuss. The only bad thing that came up today was one of my students used and called another student the "n word" and then proceeded to give him the middle finger. This led to me having a conversation with the class about the implications and disrespect that the n word carries and how I do not allow it in my class for those reasons. I feel like having this conversation was more productive than actually chastising the student outrightly for using it, especially because it was used very casually but it was done right in front of me.
Tomorrow evening I am flying up to Minneapolis for my semi-long weekend. I am so excited to see friends and get away from TFA for a bit. Vacation is so much more gratifying when you have lots of work that you can put off in the mean time!
Lots of love and happy 4th of July!
C
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