tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:33:35 +0000video game classfinalsgrievancetrust buildingUTLAspringprogrammingI teach. I love the act of teaching; I hate the job of teaching. I enjoy coming to work in the morning. I consider quitting teaching because of the bureaucracy. I would have quit teaching were it not for my students. Funny things happen.http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)Blogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-7713750326852778647Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:26:00 +00002010-06-22T00:39:51.561-07:00For whatever reason, our local leadership council decided to propose a new bell schedule. This was introduced after the contract says the matrix must be completed (and even that hadn't been done!). We have the option of moving some times around (essentially a maintaining of the status quo) or completely re-doing the schedule into a 2x8 set-up. While I admit I like the idea of the 2x8, the fact http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/pAi_F7kP0VQ/collaboration-in-theory-and-practice-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/pAi_F7kP0VQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2010/06/collaboration-in-theory-and-practice-or.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-757269932498579158Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:22:00 +00002009-11-09T21:57:09.303-08:00As I finished dinner, I went up to my room to begin my work on tomorrow's lesson. Perhaps it's the fact that it gets so dark so early now, but the entire neighborhood felt so quiet, almost lonely. As I entered the room, and began fumbling for the light, I could hear the muted sounds of a trumpet. Since I live next door to a middle school, at first I believed it must have been a kid in band http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/8p9YK5vgA7g/when-on-autumn-evening-with-closed-eyes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/8p9YK5vgA7g" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-on-autumn-evening-with-closed-eyes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-6629916200479951469Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:25:00 +00002009-10-06T21:25:14.020-07:00video game classtrust buildingprogrammingI am teaching a video game class, where the kids are learning how to program their own games (there will be more about this later, folks, so just be patient).While still inside the classroom, I asked the kids to describe, using simple commands like "walk, stop, turn left, turn right" to navigate me around the desks to the other side of the room. They did this splendidly. One of the assistants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/wo3mVqfN65w/blindfolded.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/wo3mVqfN65w" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2009/10/blindfolded.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-4042454326620945256Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:06:00 +00002009-06-08T16:20:54.090-07:00UTLAfinalsspringgrievanceThere are about a million things I could be doing at the moment, but all energy left in me is being stored in reserve. I'm going to need it later this week, I'm sure. For now, I have senior finals to give. The Algebra 2 kids took theirs today, and even now at 4:o7pm, I still have one darling girl plugging away at this test. I don't think I made it too hard. Then again, I always say this and everyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/Ae0a_EoMiYU/there-are-about-million-things-i-could.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/Ae0a_EoMiYU" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2009/06/there-are-about-million-things-i-could.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-6110192646627029330Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:06:00 +00002007-10-10T22:17:15.148-07:00We administered the California English Language Development Test over the last two days. Blecch.Basically, it's a test designed to evluate the progress which "Limited English Proficient" students are (not) making.There are several parts, like reading and writing, but we administered the speaking part. We provide prompts, and the students have to provide a specific reply.There's a section where http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/v6hZE4X3kMc/2-days-of-celdt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/v6hZE4X3kMc" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/10/2-days-of-celdt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-8021535750379146211Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:23:00 +00002007-09-13T13:23:56.145-07:00How I am spending my Rosh Hashanah holiday:In bed 'til noon. ... This was foiled by a parent calling me at 7:30 and wondering whether it was true that the students didn't have to come in today.Watching episodes of Law & Order until 2 pm. Sitting on the couch. Drinking iced tea. Playing with the files on my hard drive. Looking over the lesson plan for tomorrow.Leaving the house at 2 pm to meet thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/wL_f61y3csA/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/wL_f61y3csA" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/09/happy-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-2340590344209236547Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:20:00 +00002007-09-05T22:21:17.360-07:00Ah, the first day of school.I think things went smoothly enough. There is currently one working copier available to teachers. Another one is made sporadically available. The rest of the machines are (as one teacher said) "guarded jealously by the clerical staff as if the machines were their first-born." I was told I need to get there "no later than" 7:30 am in order to make copies for tomorrow. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/OcwGvlvU3-Y/0905-never-forget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/OcwGvlvU3-Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/09/0905-never-forget.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-7755097753657673987Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:55:00 +00002007-08-29T21:56:07.337-07:00As a way to detail further all the shit I have to tolerate as an LAUSD employee, I thought I would share the song that my bosses played today. According to them, it will serve as "our theme for the year." Like to hear it? Here it goes.Ain't no stoppin' us now,We're on the move.(We're on the move)Ain't no stoppin' us now,We got the groove.(We got the groove)There's been so many things that held ushttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/-6heZjGOpsM/buy-back-day-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/-6heZjGOpsM" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/08/buy-back-day-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-8525984903448214550Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:39:00 +00002007-07-20T22:39:22.468-07:00yesterday, right before school was to let out, a student told me that his cell-phone was missing out of his bag. he was upset. he was frantic. he was worried about the phone numbers of "all his ladies", and he was certain someone in the room had it. (these students have me all day. so, there are no people trickling in and out. all the people who arrived, were still there at that moment. "that's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/k920BHwotHg/nobody-stole-your-cell-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/k920BHwotHg" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/07/nobody-stole-your-cell-phone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-565951367234049234Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:43:00 +00002007-07-19T20:46:10.795-07:00specifically, this post is about the piss i found in the math dept. supply room as i was leaving school today.as i was walking to the stairs, i noticed that there was a single book at the top of the stairs, apparently carelessly mislaid or dropped by a student. i noted its lack of a barcode (hmm, not the school's then) and then noticed its esoteric subject matter: some treatise or another on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/pUVdswpNaFA/my-first-post-in-nearly-year-is-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/pUVdswpNaFA" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-first-post-in-nearly-year-is-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-116037741946359495Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:01:00 +00002006-10-09T00:03:39.480-07:00under the onus of 5-week grade deadlines. kinda. not really.im so busy. life is whizzing by. i am whizzing by.i need a bath. a spa treatment.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/0gfE6jDr9yY/im-dying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/0gfE6jDr9yY" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/10/im-dying.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115876042771245443Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:52:00 +00002006-09-20T06:53:47.723-07:00I am tired. It is early. I promise to write more later tonight, after the grocery store and a nap (hopefully).http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/PaFqbpHzm7g/wednesday-week-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/PaFqbpHzm7g" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/09/wednesday-week-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115551904497516008Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:29:00 +00002006-08-13T18:30:45.016-07:00this inspirational link is a bit cheesy but has a bunch of cute "awww" and "oh." moments.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/kKw4rqgIJc8/dont-let-your-child-be-kangaroo_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/kKw4rqgIJc8" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/08/dont-let-your-child-be-kangaroo_13.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115454198425189825Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:05:00 +00002006-08-02T11:06:24.263-07:00. . . is to read this article from Scientific American. i hafta go to target and get some stuffs and a hard copy of SciAm and then ill report back. toodles.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/yhFyctNWO9Q/your-homework.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/yhFyctNWO9Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/08/your-homework.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115386421152453698Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:47:00 +00002007-07-19T19:28:42.735-07:00.. and let me tell you, i needed it.first off: more news on the cahsee frontsecond off: for everyone who says "but teaching in south LA must be so... dangerous!" i would like to remind everyone that death is a fact of life to teachers in all corners of the world.i have scads of laundry and i am a bit sickly. *sniffle* the change in weather screwed me up.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/J-ydJz5gDak/back-from-my-mini-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/J-ydJz5gDak" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/07/back-from-my-mini-vacation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115214217738074428Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:27:00 +00002006-07-05T16:29:37.396-07:00what a wonderful idea. i wish every school district would do this.as many of you should know, summer vacation has begun and i am going to be out of town for a couple of weeks, but i should still be able to do a few posts. have fun, kids.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/BwZxjNhE4EQ/thank-you-colorado.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/BwZxjNhE4EQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/07/thank-you-colorado.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-115104747604870888Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:16:00 +00002006-06-23T00:24:36.060-07:00quickly, i havent much time before bed beckons me into its open arms.i am done. as of today. i still have all the formalities of paperwork, but i am done, at least, for the moment. good timing, too, i feel that i have been going crazy. i need the next month as a vacation in a very serious way and hope to do a maximum amount of lounging. thats the good.on the other side of that awful coin, today ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/4YryckFQABw/perils-of-keeping-it-real.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/4YryckFQABw" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/06/perils-of-keeping-it-real.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114989157176881200Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:17:00 +00002006-06-09T15:19:31.776-07:00another student did the exact same thing as that young girl did yesterday. youd think word would spread or that theyd be smarter about it. this is going to affect the way i write the final, definitely.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/YDhr-uxjRek/another-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/YDhr-uxjRek" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/06/another-one.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114983532131243978Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:15:00 +00002006-06-08T23:42:01.440-07:00ok, so a couple of weeks ago, i gave the chapter 12 test on permutations, combinations and probability. at the time, i made 4 forms: a, b, c, and d. altho' the problems were different, they were in essence the same, one having them evauate say, 10P2 and another 7P5. you get the idea. so when i grade the tests, i dont use the answer key, because i look for the correct process more than i look for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/htQkuVdHXco/your-cheating-heart-will-tell-on-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/htQkuVdHXco" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/06/your-cheating-heart-will-tell-on-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114948890869079558Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:26:00 +00002007-07-19T19:29:55.463-07:00because two other gurls from my tep program at ucla are going to be teaching at my current school and in the math department, no less! so aside from the two tep'ers at the magnet, we have the greatest math department in the history of ever. jealous? cos you should be. *gloats*http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/ZXv70dK0MEQ/im-so-stoked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/ZXv70dK0MEQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/06/im-so-stoked.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114861553354607997Fri, 26 May 2006 03:28:00 +00002007-07-19T19:55:27.309-07:00California Supreme Court Revives CAHSEEAppeals Court Asked for Quick Decision in CAHSEE Caseone the one hand (μεν) i think that standardized testing in general is bullshit. i thank goodness that i went to a college that placed more emphasis on writing ability that sat act or gpa. fuck that. at the same time, have a clear writing presupposes a clarity of mind. the more i think about it, im sure http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/C5LRMsALYAU/i-have-mixed-feelings-about-this-whole.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/C5LRMsALYAU" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-have-mixed-feelings-about-this-whole.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114845216562928813Wed, 24 May 2006 06:25:00 +00002007-07-19T19:57:02.389-07:00lets see. i am:1) finishing my PACT.2) i just took subtests I and III of the goddamned CSET.3) i am in the process of getting officially employed by lausd.4) i am in the process of getting officially employed at a wonderful, well-known school in South LA.5) i had to make time for my brother coming to visit, as well as my BFF, la isla.6) my dog needed a walk earlier; that took precedence over the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/KqgMjrGqstg/ok-still-busy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/KqgMjrGqstg" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/05/ok-still-busy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114788585880951166Wed, 17 May 2006 16:50:00 +00002007-07-19T19:58:21.391-07:00well lets see. this week is cat9 testing at school, but i guess these days its called cst or some other such thing. anyhow, ive been able to go in late because of this. today i have to be in at 11am, so i have a few more moments of dicking around on the internets.I made a very difficult decision last week. J, the kid whose dad i've talked to about a million times, simply refuses to behave himselfhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/iGFknb6eQAE/ok-i-have-quick-minute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/iGFknb6eQAE" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/05/ok-i-have-quick-minute.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114780370844493815Tue, 16 May 2006 18:21:00 +00002006-05-16T11:21:48.453-07:00not as bad as the death of feynman, but close.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/lSe64ertys4/shit-ive-been-busy-sorry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/lSe64ertys4" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/05/shit-ive-been-busy-sorry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22974130.post-114670283296485829Thu, 04 May 2006 00:15:00 +00002006-05-03T17:41:49.470-07:00i shall be leaving town tomorrow morning, as my older brother shall be graduating from college. he is getting his bachelors. he said he would be damned if i got my masters before he got his bachelors! hey! at least im motivating someone!in the hopes that the words of others can motivate, perhaps move you, i now present:math quotes which should make you feel warm and fuzzy like a baby chick and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~3/mC6Rry0SMPM/life-is-good-for-only-two-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Srta. García)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DemocracyOrEducation/~4/mC6Rry0SMPM" height="1" width="1"/>http://democracyoreducation.blogspot.com/2006/05/life-is-good-for-only-two-things.html