The Journy of Paul

July 18, 2008 I was having a really great day today. The teachers were doing good in their classes, having changed directions and supplementing their lessons with some stuff I brought. Our site supervisor came by just in time to see me play a character. Okay, playing a character. There are several sports figures programmed into the lessons to help make the lessons come alive. Each of us have to play at least one person. We have to make a costume out of whatever we can find and we have a script we follow. I find it pretty fun. I usually overplay my character if you can believe that. For the afternoon we held a birthday party, and planned four stations. A station is an area or classroom in which a game or event is being held. The classes rotate through these stations so the students get to participate in each. One station was pin the tale on the donkey, another was doing the limbo dance, a third was a spinning and get dizzy then run to a race game and the fourth, ...

July 14, 2008 Ah yes, the day from Hell. Well, let’s see, the students wouldn’t listen to anything anyone had to say. They were absolutely disobedient. They talked while the teacher attempted to talk. Have you seen the move, the Concrete Jungle I think it is called staring Glen Ford as a teacher in an inner city high school back in the late 50’s? Yea, that is what it made me feel like. My counselors are beginning to question why they are here; one of them breaking down had a crying fit again. We broke for lunch, mentally preparing for the afternoon activity of Valentine’s Day. Well, let’s see, you take 67 kids that are already ADHD and feed them about two cups of rice, starch, carbohydrates and what do you think you get? A) Sweet docile students ready to learn or B) little Asian rubber balls bouncing all over the classroom. The correct answer, B. Valentine’s Day was a bust. The only part that went well was making Valentine Day cards. To date, everything that has...