Thread:Mainframebabe/@comment-30339728-20161110133728/@comment-30339728-20161111011415

Ha!Ha! What am I studying in school? How to keep my students interested, motivated and for goodness sakes get them to give a D... about school and their learning without either

a) pounding my head against the wall because they drive me nuts

b) letting the daily struggle of building relationships with them to get them to believe and trust that I do care about them frustrate me to the point of giving up

and

Most importantly, c) letting a and b (and related issues) make me forget how much I really do love the profession.

I am a 7th greade English/Reading teacher. I've only been here in Louisana for 3 years and it's just appalling to see the state and respect of education here.

I don't have fancy spread sheets, but a stack of index cards that I use to keep track of the giving/receiving. Naturally, there are names that I know by heart (and now some via wiki) that would be considered A-listees. Getting to know fellow friends via this wiki is wonderful even though I do also like the anonymity of giving. It elimates expectations.

I know that I didn't accidentally accept anyone because I keep a careful eye on the number of friends I have. The two more that were added today are both you :-).  I had planned on culling my list again soon, so even though I'm slightly above the "I can give to everyone each 48 hours" threshhold, I am fine with it. ESPECIALLY if the extras are now people I am getting to know.

I play on my iphone and at 57 get the whole eyesight thing! I haven't been able to download the newest version, so I know nothing about trains...or the new avatars. So I will flipflop between the two of you and please, if any one of you needs something special, then let me know and I will do my best.

Have a lovely evening....