Letter to the Principal

I've finally had it with the yearbook. I just wrote a letter to the principal complaining about the lack of help I got from last year's yearbook advisor. He could have spent just fifteen damn minutes showing me where the kit for the yearbook is, but he just brushed me off. When I found out that I could have been using the correct curriculum from the first day of school, I was furious! My biggest complaint is that one of the A students in yearbook just transferred out. I believe that students like her deserve a better experience in the yearbook. It seems tragic to me that one teacher's apathy and the destructive influence of students with bad attitudes drove her out.

Holding Down the Fort

I've been holding the fort for this new teacher for a week, but I've gotten no help. When I accepted this assignment, there was no lesson plan, and no technology plan for the computers. No one told me that I would be substituting for the yearbook advisor. I never did anything with the yearbook when I was in school. How am I supposed to know what to do with the yearbook staff? Many of the students take advantage and disrupt the class by toying with the computers and making as much noise as possible. How could this school allow this kids to get into the yearbook staff?

Work at Last

After a long summer of unemployment, I got an assignment at Van Nuys Middle School. I'm substituting for a computer teacher who's still being hired. With the way the downtown office takes forever to do anything, I should get at least a week of work from this one.