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Ah... the holidays

The time of year when teachers are desperately attempting to get everything done before they leave for vacation because... no student will touch a book during the entire break. Really. Although, I will admit to possibly assigning my AP students a paper over break. Still debating on whether this will be a good idea or not... currently leaning towards not. Perhaps we will go with a AP style multiple choice test instead. Quicker to grade too!

My plans for the holidays include:
  • figuring out the Mimeo I received via Donor's Choose
  • catching up with all the grading
  • cleaning off my desk - oy! the piles of paper!
  • Copying as much as a I can as it seems like our copying machine will probably be dead by the end of January... we've had for one day so far and it's already broken. No one can even use it yet. It broke "just sittin' there".
  • planning out the rest of semester and working on next semester
  • reading that one book on adolescent literacy I never read over the summer
  • playing with my children
  • cooking Christmas dinner
  • playing "santa"
  • going to the gym
  • sleep!
It'll be a working holiday with a bit of fun tossed in on the side.


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Jill said…
Ah, the photocopier . . . and here I thought it was just my building. We have three, and on any one day, one is working. One is so broken that the parts needed are no longer available because they don't make it any more. Enjoy your break!
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