Me: ramblings about how the vocabulary and sentence structure of the questions should be more developmentally appropriate for each grade level and how it may be the case that we are actually assessing the students’ LANGUAGE skills rather than knowledge of the subject matter, and I bet if we experimented with this, our students would perform better. blah blah blah
Teacher Coach: Ummm….where did this come from? It’s Christmas break! Enjoy ur holiday! Let’s discuss this another time over drinks.
Principal: Did you finally rest enough to put all of that in your head into words? You’re supposed to be resting your brain! etc., etc.
Hey! At least I didn’t go to the actual school building during the break like some of my co-workers! (you guys need to stop!)
I DID, however, work from the comfort of my recliner, blankie and PJs (with Lola perched) atop the blankie). Here’s the proof……
I quit making them long ago, no just try to be more positive and pay it forward a little more during the year. Seeing your posting makes me want to hop on my blog and get to writing.
I want you to hop on your blog too- I've been missing it:) and you!
My word for this year needs to be "SIMPLE". 🙂
I think I will make a resolution that will only last for a month. If I can make it two months with the same resolution, that would be really great! If not, I can try a different one. My first resolution is to start a jogging schedule again.