End of semester--buckle up!

Four more days.

After an extended weekend that was, as I figured, packed with chores and family things, we have the final days of the first semester. Am I ready for the flip? Not really, but almost. The computer work I needed to do got accomplished this weekend, anyhow, so that gives me a fighting chance to be where I need to be come next Monday. 

In the meantime, though, we have final presentations, papers, and so on this week. There are kids who were complaining the other day about the audacity of another teacher-- can you believe he is giving a test on the last day? 

I was flabbergasted. I had to butt in: "Well, that's when you give a final exam, right?"

They felt that it was just outrageous. I have no idea what they thought they'd be doing on the last day of the semester, but I know from prior experience that if you don't have something planned that has a grade attached, most of the high school kids will take a "personal day" instead of coming in. So-- the tests. The papers that are due. Which then creates a grading frenzy over the weekend for the teachers... o, the audacity.

I'm not in any way in charge of anything about the master schedule, but I sincerely wish we had a little more time. I know, I've talked about that before, but I really think that we'd be better served even if the kids had a half day on Friday, giving teachers a chance to get into the grading process and preserve a little of our sanity. 

So, hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go. We'll get to the end of the week, and we'll all manage to slide into the new semester relatively unscathed. In the meantime, there is coffee.

Take care,

C