My how school has changed, my aide and I often talk about writing things down to put in a book when we retire, we laugh about alot of them and then shake our heads and wonder where we are headed in education about some of the other things we encounter. I am aging and this year I notice things that bother me that I used to be able to tolerate. High School students that don't know how to walk down a hall, talk using an inside voice and use such a limited vocabulary that it makes you want to carry around a bar of soap are driving me crazy. Yesterday I emailed my Principal about the "breaks" teachers are giving their students becuase we have gone to block scheduling so students "need a break" because they can't sit in a classroom for 95 Minutes with out a drink or using the restroom, hmmmm........ really? Do you suppose they get up and get a drink or go to the bathroom every 45 minutes when they are playing video games or on the compter, watching TV? I don't think so. It would be ok if they walked down the hall quietly and went about their buisness but they can't seem to do that, grade schoolers do a better job. The Principle's response. NO more breaks. Thank you Mr. Johnson. (I wasn't the only one complaining.) I also emailed the volleyball coach that I would appreciate it if she could encourage her girls to enter the restroom as young ladies and not loud, crude, hooligans when they have to change their clothes for volleyball. Her response, the whole team is going to run for an hour instead of practice. Agiain the many will pay for the behavior of the few but the coach said they are a team and will learn to work as a team. Thank you Ms. Chisholm, anyway Mrs. Hendricks was the old mean lady yesterday, going about ruining the fun in school. HAHAHAHAH!!!!! Makes my day. :)