tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post115362389160801899..comments2023-11-05T03:40:04.764-08:00Comments on Junior High School Teacher Version 11.0: The New Version is out!rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980768449046443151noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1155260580980590012006-08-10T18:43:00.000-07:002006-08-10T18:43:00.000-07:00Whaddya mean, you've got mo A/C at home? Yikes!Whaddya mean, you've got mo A/C at home? Yikes!"Ms. Cornelius"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16970201479637588558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1155173493558197662006-08-09T18:31:00.000-07:002006-08-09T18:31:00.000-07:00Florida started Aug. 8. We have air conditioning, ...Florida started Aug. 8. We have air conditioning, though, so it's okay. Plus, we're out for the summer before Memorial Day.<BR/><BR/>PS--I'm a first year teacher; middle school.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905898210443425461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1154370157213713432006-07-31T11:22:00.000-07:002006-07-31T11:22:00.000-07:00My students complain whenever the temperature rise...My students complain whenever the temperature rise above or drops below a womb-like 69 degrees.anonymous educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521915003039915966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1154311865731992562006-07-30T19:11:00.000-07:002006-07-30T19:11:00.000-07:00I'm lucky, in a way, I guess. I teach on a hallwa...I'm lucky, in a way, I guess. I teach on a hallway where the thermostats are inside the classroom midway up each side of the hall. However, the majority of the teachers are menopausal so we freeze, freeze, freeze. We don't have to worry about short, shorts on the girls because by the second day of school they stop wearing them. However, our mandatory foray outside each day after lunch is absolutely unbearable. We are talking heat stroke level and then we retreat to the freezer. The student's first day is August 4th so we will have hot weather through the first of October.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1154197049677779802006-07-29T11:17:00.000-07:002006-07-29T11:17:00.000-07:00My classroom was so hot last September that I had ...My classroom was so hot last September that I had the kids do a lot of writing about the heat since I was told that they had to be writing every day no matter what. They wrote all kinds of things about where they would rather be (an ice kingdom in one case), there were poems and songs and stories about far away places with lots of cold Pepsi and free swimming pools. If nothing else, it gave the kids a place to vent their complaints.Ms M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01177165075261002057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1153690200552365522006-07-23T14:30:00.000-07:002006-07-23T14:30:00.000-07:00In Alabama we would not survive without air condit...In Alabama we would not survive without air conditioning. In fact it works so well, that when we return to school on August 10, I will have students decide to bring a jacket for the second day. I can change the temperature a couple of degrees in my room, but not significantly. So, we freeze all day and then go outside in our long sleeves to stifling heat! Then we melt when the heat comes on in the winter. However, the worst is the spring and fall when the weather changes from day to day and the heat is on when we really need AC (or vice versa)! Oh, the joys of teaching!Jeanne Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638039962190008041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15658135.post-1153668302371368442006-07-23T08:25:00.000-07:002006-07-23T08:25:00.000-07:00'Way back when I was a little baby teacher in Balt...'Way back when I was a little baby teacher in Baltimore County, Maryland, my classroom was horrible every day from afternoon sun through the wall-o-windows that did not open and the 40+ 7th-grade bodies (some ripe from PE class, complete with smelly gym suits on their way home to be washed). <BR/><BR/>I had them put their heads down and I read <I>Tom Sawyer</I> to them. They were responsible for listening and remembering and discussing, but I couldn't make them do much more -- Poor sweaty little critters.grayciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188392312385509613noreply@blogger.com