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Mar. 4th, 2019 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nola_beastI'm a teacher (third grade) and I promised my class that if they collectively read 100 books before spring break, we could get a pair of class pets.
To my surprise, they actually did it (Judy Moody and Captain Underpants have a lot to answer for, in my opinion), so now I have to ask—rats or guinea pigs? Anyone have experience/thoughts/advice?
To my surprise, they actually did it (Judy Moody and Captain Underpants have a lot to answer for, in my opinion), so now I have to ask—rats or guinea pigs? Anyone have experience/thoughts/advice?
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:24 pm (UTC)That would be incredible. Giving my students the gift of fear.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:32 pm (UTC)I teach high school English now, so: the monstrous grades.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:40 pm (UTC)And recreating it in their social lives, yes.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:43 pm (UTC)I wouldn't envy me either. I think I'm burned out.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:47 pm (UTC)10 years. No, 11. This is 11.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:51 pm (UTC)I might just do that. Don't want to crush your spirit, though.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:53 pm (UTC)That was my coping mechanism in my ninth year and it was not pretty.
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Date: 2019-03-04 10:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 10:58 pm (UTC)Woah, buddy. Calm down.
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Date: 2019-03-04 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-03-04 11:03 pm (UTC)That's okay, I can handle it. I'm tough.