Student Response

I do teacher evaluations before Christmas break. This is what one of my students wrote to the response "anything else you want to share with Mr. Burrill:"

Thank you for teaching me the ways of life. I will be sure to use them if I move. I won't let myself down or my foster mom.

Homework

I find it interesting that the students most likely to complain about me assigning too much homework or assigning homework on the weekend are the students that never do their homework. I think it takes that same amount of time to not do a short assignment as it does to not do a long one. I'm wondering if the same upbringing that teaches students to be irresponsible also teaches them to complain. I haven't collected a lot of data yet, but these are some of my early thoughts.

Spelling

Restaurant. Add that to my list of words I always spell wrong and have spell check correct it. I remember many times in my life using a synonym when I actually wanted to write "necessary." I finally learned to spell "necessary."