var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-9190027-3’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Commentary on my middle school Special Ed. class, the system that it’s in, and the systems that affect it.Tumblr (3.0; @gritinthegap)http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4lvicdHe21qzx2wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cheers to me. Done with school! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23767024138http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23767024138Fri, 25 May 2012 18:15:48 -0700I&#8217;m gonna go nurse my wounds on the beach this weekend and in Kansas this summer, with some...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23755777923http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23755777923Fri, 25 May 2012 15:10:01 -0700teachingeducationcelebratingSherman: What's your nickname? Me: Well, my name is Kathryn, but my family calls me Katey or...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23755671271http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23755671271Fri, 25 May 2012 15:08:15 -0700teachinglaughingeducation“Y’all, what if Nikki Minaj died from too much plastic surgery? What do they put in...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23629878644http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23629878644Wed, 23 May 2012 14:50:24 -0700laughingteachingeducationFour more days. Four more days. Four more days. Four more days. Four more days. Four more days. Four...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23505149654http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23505149654Mon, 21 May 2012 15:51:05 -0700teachinganticipatingendingcelebratingeducation“Do you think you can smoke ants? Like, can you roll them up in a swisher and smoke...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23126517377http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/23126517377Tue, 15 May 2012 15:23:39 -0700teachinglaughingThere is seriously, as I type, a substitute para talking to herself and gesturing to herself, with...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22859980149http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22859980149Fri, 11 May 2012 14:40:47 -0700teachingeducationranting“I don’t take Special Ed. kids! * Door Slam *” - Someone finally voiced the...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22847319533http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22847319533Fri, 11 May 2012 10:20:00 -0700teachingeducationspecial educationsighingToday was an angry aneurysm day. The powerless leave-you-shaking and let-hot-waves-of-tears-run-over...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22803974774http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22803974774Thu, 10 May 2012 15:47:43 -0700teachingeducationcrying<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s9z5Wf5r1qzx2wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Took a mental health day and went down to the school a lot of my old students are at. They tackled me when they saw me and spent the afternoon telling me about what they’ve learned. It was nice to be around kids who love me. Exactly what I needed!</p>http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22754271083http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22754271083Wed, 09 May 2012 18:40:16 -0700teachingcelebratingthanking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ok7pSs4G1qzx2wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>School (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Marina Middle School)</p>http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22625882978http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22625882978Mon, 07 May 2012 18:31:01 -0700and all my students are sick and/or in therapy for the afternoon, and I don&#8217;t have a 7th...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22402270437http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22402270437Fri, 04 May 2012 14:38:30 -0700teachingcelebratingfun fridayjbizzle329: Before the end of the school year, I will… Run 3 miles a day, 3 times a week Hit the...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22291048784http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22291048784Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:13 -0700teachingeducationrunningwellness wednesdayfit teacherAnd systems that drive people to be mean suck worse. That&#8217;s all for now.http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22289713276http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22289713276Wed, 02 May 2012 17:38:38 -0700teachingeducationcrying“What the PISA and NASSP analysis shows is that, when we take out the bottom quintile of...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22052483577http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/22052483577Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:43:48 -0700readinginterestingeducationteachingWhy does so much of teaching seem like a power struggle? And not the kind where you&#8217;re...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21857714601http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21857714601Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:20:12 -0700teachingsighingeducationcryingannoyingThat is all.http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21737884484http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21737884484Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:57:57 -0700teachingeducationthanking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2uaodbeWN1qzx2wko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><em>Pick UP Your Pencils, Begin</em></strong><span> is a gigantic bell curve 28’ wide and 15’ tall about the impact of standardized testing on our educational system.</span></p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/sculpt/pencilPage.html" target="_blank">Harriete Estel Berman sculpture with pencils about Education</a>)</p>http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21507227543http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21507227543Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:17:01 -0700readingeducationWhy are they all male? Why is it 10:00am and I&#8217;ve already been called it?http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21440761399http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21440761399Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:58:29 -0700teachingeducationwonderingsighingtgifAnd adults who have a physical disability or are aware of being in any way what a budding teenager...http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21401533606http://gritinthegap.tumblr.com/post/21401533606Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:32:30 -0700teachingeducationscribing