I am trying to be diligent. I am trying diligently to stay focused. I am trying to focus on being productive. I am having none of it. We may as well call it ladies and gentlemen, at 10:48 am, it has been declared a 'phone-it-in-Friday'. I have two more classes that will consist of playing "The Price is Right" because it turns out that after the third grade finishes their exams five weeks before the end of the school year so that their marks can be sent to high schools and they can potentially feel the first door to their future shut on them at the calloused age of fifteen, both them and the teachers shut off. I knew going into this last month that the students were going to be flexing their collective "don't give a shit" muscle. And why not? They study more hours than I think we even have in Canada. I had kind of thought that we teachers would have to stand firm in the face of this and marshal education through the storm. But the children cry out and I am told by my minders, "Let them play Games." And why not? The teachers word hard too. So we are all on board, sailing this open sail into winter vacation. The only anchors are the children's parents, some of whom apparently complained because the kids were being showed "too many videos". All I can say to them is that they created these exam monsters and no one aught to be surprised that they scream to be appeased once they bite through the chains that you sharpened their teeth for.
The Weekend is Out.
P.S. Friday Jam brought to you by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpEOErRV-u4&feature=related
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