If without medical justification, [your son] is absent fromschool on any day during the Assessment period, the District will deem thisabsence as unexcused. Further, if you keep [your son] home from school during theAssessment period, without medical verification, it is within the District’sdiscretion to deem these absences as indicia of educational neglect, whichwould leave the District little choice but to contact Child Protective Services(“CPS”). Pursuant to the New York
Some of my students wrote a letter for the state department’s Teacher Appreciation Day contest. After reading the letters, it gave me some insight as to what my students appreciate about me. I chose to use the letters as an informal evaluation tool to see what I am doing right,(or wrong). I found some of the responses quite amusing.:)
I bustle (Vocabulary word) around on Twitter looking for people to Skype with.
I am a cool teacher, even with my corny jokes.
Even if one of the students make me angry, I don’t show my bad emotions out loud.
I am the best motivator ever!
I am nice, because if I won the Mega Millions, I would give every student a million dollars. (I did promise that-LOL)
I always have a smile when I walk in, and it means to have a great day.
If someone gets an answer wrong, I don’t pout.
When they have a question, I always have an answer. (Hmmm…I think it
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