1/30/13

I recently received a new student in my elective class.  He is known as a "problem" student and was placed in my room to try to have a new setting and maybe do better with his peers.  I have tried to keep the "problem" part away from my view of him.  He is new in my class and as far I am concerned I personally don't know him.  He has been in my class a week and during this week we have been reading a book together.  Well, today he was in the nurse's office during my class and he asked the counselor to call my class to please send him a book while he is waiting for his mom to pick him up because he doesn't want to miss out on reading the book because he really likes it!
That made my heart smile!  I don't know if he will always be good in my class but it makes me happy to know that for the mean time, he is happy with me!

1/23/13

Even when my day doesn't start on my best foot, I get to my school and I get bombarded with "Mrs. Overton!!!"yells from across the quad from present students and students from years past, running to give me a hug.  Tears filled my eyes today because I am so blessed to have this job and to actually love it!

1/07/13

Today we had a Math problem. "If you have a 5 quart pitcher and a 3 quart pitcher, how can you measure 1 quart?!


It was so silent when I asked who had an idea of how to solve it.

"Can we eyeball it?" student asks

"Nope!" I reply. "You must end with 1 quart exactly to be able to...escape a deserted island" I added.

"We fill the 3 quart and spill some water until it looks like one quart? another student answered.

"NO!!!! you must be as precise as possible.



"I know! You use your last life line and ask Mrs. Overton to give you the answer!" student replied.

"Good try...but NO WAY JOSE!!!!"

Man...it hurts my brain to see them so lazy and not even trying!

UGHHH! it took about 10 minutes but someone finally got it!