SoulFire did a benefit concert tonight at Grace Church (over on the east side of Des Moines) for hurricane victims. It was loud and rockin' and awesome, and among the teenagers there they raised over $600 to send to a church in Leesburg, Louisiana which is ministering to hurricane victims.
Today at school was Retro Day, so I teased my bangs out and sprayed them stiff, just like I used to do back in the 80s, and I wore a big shiny silk button-down shirt with a costume-jewelry brooch, and black pants tucked into my socks.
Gag.
I can't believe I used to wear that kind of crap all the time. Oh well... that's how trends are, I suppose.
We had a teachers meeting after school this afternoon, and were watching a video about how to do co-teaching. One of the teachers interviewed was a guy whose head was shaved except for a cowpatty-shaped area of curls right on top, copiously daubed with product. It was the absolute dumbest hairstyle I ever saw on a guy, and he obviously thought he was pretty cool... and in a few years when they dig that video back out, that hairstyle is going to be the source of a great deal of mirth and merriment. Just as my senior picture in college is, for me. Talk about "Big Sunday Hair" ... I definitely had it. If I can find a copy of it somewhere, I'll share it.
The teachers meeting was, as you might guess, about co-teaching. What was most irritating about the meeting was that it was a complete waste of time... at least for me. It was mostly about how to get along with your cohort. I don't have trouble getting along with either of my gen-ed teacher cohorts. I don't even have trouble fitting in wherever it works best.
What I do have trouble with is that they still expect me to fulfill the role of resource teacher for all these kids, keeping track of their IEPs, etc., even though I don't see the kids and have no way of assessing their progress.
So let's see... I couldn't stay in the Master's program... and my job is getting marginalized... I think I'm going to update my resume. Surely I could get a job somewhere around here as a gen-ed English teacher (for which my certification is just fine already, without extra classes). Special-ed is going in weird directions, and I'm not sure I want to stick around for the ride.
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