In the Lou

My Thursday in St. Louis is deserving of two frustrating sighs.

The first objectionable occurrence was the St. Louis Public Schools’ Board of Education’s approval of Resolution 04-17-07-12. The resolution is as follows:

The Board of Education Authorizes authorizes Tuesday, May 29, 2007, a full class day for the students of St. Louis Public Schools; as a make-up day due to cancellation of classes on Friday, December 1, 2006.

Per Mr. Teferi — June 1st will be the last class day for students… The last day for staff is June 4, 2007.

May 29 was originally scheduled for teachers to report grades from 3rd quarter and prepare for exams. I think I can live with losing this prep time. However, I honestly believe that only in St. Louis would the Board decide in a last-minute-move to extend the school calendar by a day.

I find this odd for two reasons: (more…)

Sometimes students can surprise you with the work they produce.

As an effort to recognize that Earth Day was near (today in fact), I assigned my students a journal entry: What is the most important environmental issue to you? We talked about what this meant, and I provided examples such as pollution, recycling, and global warming.

One student, who has been extremely unruly since coming back from winter break, came in during the middle of the day to show me that he had done his homework. (more…)

I’m not sure what is going on. People who live in St. Louis joke about the parking enforcement here. Basically it’s described as nearly non-existent. I know people who never put money in any meter and have never received tickets.

Because of this, you can understand why I’m shocked to have received two parking tickets in two days! One was for a meter that had been expired, the other for parking in a bus zone.

About that meter… (more…)

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