#february vacation

[187days]

Day One Hundred Nine

It snowed this morning, so, of course, our students were annoyed that they didn't have a two-hour delay. That, coupled with the fact that it's Friday before vacation, did a number on attendance. But! My APGOV students have recovered from Covid, so that class was actually fuller than it's been all week!

Students returned just in time for a lesson on how a bill becomes a law (or not). I gave them a series of questions, and taped the answers up around the room, so they had to physically follow the bill's path. It's something a bit different, it's always worked well in the past, and today it was great, too. After we discussed the answers, I had students do some research on some of the most important laws in US history and share what they found out.

Meantime, my Global Studies students had to finish the work they started yesterday on World 101. Most of them did fine, and I'm generally happy about how this assignment went. I just have a couple students who are totally apathetic, and I haven't figured out why, and it's sad. I can't imagine what's going on in their minds. I just have to keep trying to reach them, and maybe I won't- every teacher has to accept that they won't reach everybody- but I have to keep trying anyhow.

But first? I get a week off. It's February vacation!!!!

[ecoharbor]

📍Pink Salt Lake, Namibia 🇳🇦

[reineydraws]

wanted: marine hunter takanome mihawk

[lake-lady]

Stayed at a scottish themed bed and breakfast last night it was so cute 🦌🍳🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[royalcessy]

Elyu 🌊🤍

[hamletthedane]

It’s honestly good that October through December fly by each year before you even notice them, because in contrast January through March feel like you’re living through several back-to-back decades

[shukruut]

currently finishing off the last of my 2023 commission batch, but first a big THANK YOU to everyone who trusted in me to draw their ideas 🩷 I had so much fun getting to draw your OCs, too! (and ofc, star wars characters are always a joy for me to draw lol)

Here's to another year doing what I love🩷 ✍️

[inklessletter]

I am trusting the process tonight.

Wanna join?

✨💛✨

[nicholask-la]

From January, 2024

[shutterandsentence]

Photo: Quebec, Canada

[rabbitcruiser]

President Grover Cleveland signed the Enabling Act of 1889 admitting Washington as a U.S. state on February 22, 1889. 

[187days]

Day One Hundred Nine

It was ominously dark all morning, as if it was about to snow, but it never did. I do think it kept the students from being too antsy for vacation, though; if the weather had been nice, they’d have been desperate to leave. Instead, they worked really hard, and we’re headed into February break on a positive note.

I started World by complimenting students’ work on their Culture Projects because they really were terrific. Then, after we did our usual twenty minutes of reading, I handed out a content quiz. That’s an open notes quiz on the various topics we’ve touched on in this unit. So, the questions were about identifying aspects of culture, explaining different elements of geography, giving examples of how cultures can be impacted by their environments, that sort of thing. Nearly everyone crushed it; the only ones who didn’t were the students who’ve crumpled every paper I’ve given out despite my numerous warnings not to do that. But it’s not irrecoverable, and, hopefully, it’s a lesson learned.

My GOV students also had a quiz- a vocab quiz, in their case- and then they had to tell me about the 12th, 20th, 22nd, and 25th amendments since those all pertain to the presidency. Lastly, they read about the federal bureaucracy, and we discussed the interaction between the legislative branch and the executive branch in policy making. I talked through FCC rule-making as an example, which worked well, I think. 

We wrapped up with about ten minutes to spare, so they were able to relax until the bell. 

I used the remainder of my workday to clean off my whiteboards, make sure all my grades were entered, and chat with Ms. E, who joined us mid-year as a special ed. case manager. We talk most days because a lot of the students on her caseload are in my classes, but we didn’t realize until today that we grew up in the same town in Georgia (for a time, at least; I’m an army kid, so I moved every couple years, but still). And, not only that, we grew up maybe a mile or two away from each other. Her neighborhood was on one side of this main road, mine was on the other. How wild is that???

Our minds were blown.

And, after that convo, it was time to leave. Fittingly, the sun came out right as a lot of us were headed to our cars. We’re on vacation for a week now! Woohoo!

[king-wens-king]

i lost so hard

[seniouesbabes]

Lily Maymac 🌸💋🍒🌸 booked a whole estate for the weekend It was 40 degrees on Sunday

[lorelune]

i'm hoping things ease up come end of this month irl :'^) lots of changes and fun things coming up. its been a slog to get there but i am hoping for things to be kinder and more gentle!!

[songtwo]

sometimes i’m like maybe i shouldn’t leave home just yet it’s quite nice here but then my mom starts treating me like i’m 16 and it’s clear i need to get out now