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Apparently, in the relm of blogger hell on Friday, all three posts decided to appear at a later date. I wish I could add something pithy, but the week before spring break is a little boring... everyone is ready to get out for a week.

I was out of class all day on Friday, but the sub had left a note saying that everyone was great. Monday I discovered several desks had to be cleaned because of the writing on them and I thought my stuffed cougar had gone missing. The class thought to be responsible for the disaperance pointed to it hanging above the windows. On the real missing front, I'm missing a dictionary (a new one a student gave to me), a thesarus, The Giver, a book on Buddhism and a book of short stories mysteriously appeared in my box after school - note to other teachers. Label everything and let it be known that nothing with your name on it should leave the classroom. It's the only way I've kept what I've got so far.

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