Today was a bad day. I'm just going to use this post to vent. My seniors were bored. They honestly don't seem to care about what is going on in the world in terms of current events. They tell me my lessons are boring, but at least I'm not just having them use the textbook. They are constantly giving me reasons why I should let them out of class: counselor appointments, trips to the clinic, they need to get their folder for another class, and they need to call their family. My best students are getting transferred to honors or to another teacher. Period 5 was my favorite, but during a conversation about the NCAA's decision not to let FSU use the Seminole as its mascot, they were making racist comments about the native americans. All of my Seniors are incredibly lazy when it comes down to it.

My freshmen class was good for about 10 minutes today, then they went back to being themselves. They yell. They fight. They swear. And there were 43 of them today. The halls are totally unpoliced. Students are constantly moving around the halls unchecked in herds. How am I supposed to teach when there are kids not even in my class banging on the door, or worse, opening the door and yelling obscene things into the classroom? I am really frustrated right now, and I have no idea what I am going to teach tomorrow.

Mr. Moore