I made it, with my sanity. ALLELUIA! I traveled to Seattle to be present for my nephew's graduation from HS, and this was the best choice I could make. I wasn't anywhere near the public school, where I teach; instead, was joyfully in the arms of my family, at the other side of the continent. I could not have asked for a better place to visit.
I am glad this miserable year is over. The last day of school was particularly trying, as students continued to heckle me over their grades being a "C" instead of a "B" or a "B" instead of an "A." May I tactfully and politely point out, that no student received a grade higher that he or she deserved, and failing students received grades, adjusted to pass at the lowest possible level, in order to rid myself of the possibility that the failing students, rude and horrible as they were, would be back to taint, ruin and destroy the classroom atmosphere of the new school year.
Be gone, and may I never have to see these rude, disrespectful, deceitful, dishonest, horrible students again. I pray that they mature, and are able to see the error of their ways. I also pray their parents come to their senses as well, since this behavior begins with the raising of these kids, and the manner in which they are continually raised in the household.
Parents? It is your job, and you have very little of which to be proud. I pray for a better future, and a turnaround in each of your households. Good luck.
