For those of you just tuning in, "This Guy is Falling" follows the educational exploits of Mr. Birds-Eye, a high school teacher in his third year of teaching, traditionally the make or break year in the profession. Fearing that he has finally reached his wits end, Birds-Eye decides to write a blog in hopes that he can reboot his year by focusing on the positives of the profession.
And I'm happy to report that it's been working.
Here's a quickie.
So I let this one kid plug in his cellphone so it can charge during class.
No big deal, right?
While he's plugging the phone in, he knocks over an umbrella that's leaning against the wall next to the electrical outlet. Instead of picking up the umbrella and putting it back where he found it, he walks back to his desk and sits down like nothing happened.
ME - What fell over?
STUDENT - An umbrella.
ME - Why didn't you pick it up?
STUDENT - It's too hard to make it stand up.
Wow!
And that in a nutshell is why I still like teaching.
Signing off.
Birds-Eye
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