And So It Begins......

Oh, the insanity of it all, the inhumanity (loud wailing and gnashing of teeth...). AIMS testing started today, with a full morning of writing. From what the kids said, the prompt was reasonable - no idea what it was because I signed a paper saying I wouldn't look at anything to do with the test, and I didn't want to kids telling me specifics.

The set-up was actually fairly smooth, but I gotta tell ya, all classes for 30 minutes makes for a really tiring day. And - all of the staff were trying to convince the kids that the principal really didn't mean for them to guess C on all their work (see previous post).

So who knows? Will the school fail again? Are the kids ready? Will they take it seriously? About half of my kids (and I have a good group) finished the rough copy and final draft in 45 minutes - that in itself doesn't bode well, although there was a rush for dictionaries.

And I'm scheduled to teach 6th grade math intervention next year - bleech. Turns out that's my assignment because I'm the strongest person. Great - I'm a victim of my own success........