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I can see the logic of such a seating arrangement, but it's a terrible, lazy system. There is always the temptation to teach the kids who can perform or want to learn, and inadvertently neglect the rest, and so you need a way to address the kids who are struggling. But a more effective way forward - and it's one of our professional standards - is to actually know your students and how they learn.
Most of my classes follow a seating plan based on Kerseyan psychology, an extension of Myers-Briggs. One of the first things I do with a new class is find out (and teach them) how they actually learn; how they gather information and apply it. Then I put them in groups based on this data, so in theory, everyone is sitting with two or three others who who process information differently. In theory, they will aid each other by approaching problems differently, but I only introduced it in the last two weeks or so, so I haven't seen any long-term results. For now, it seems to be working.
It's a system of weighted assessment. We use something similar, because it's actually much fairer. Each individual assessment has a smaller weighting - its percentage of the overall mark - and they're staggered throughout the year. This allows us to chart a student's progress over the long term, and there is less pressure to perform on the day of the assessment. It also allows for the introduction of assessment for learning, rather than the simpler assessment of learning.That sounds illegal
I have Yearly midterms
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So, for our last rehearsal of the season (Marching Band), tonight's theme is Syman Night (One of the directors)... This is gonna be good
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I won't be seeing the high school band play anytime soon unless there is a home playoff game. I have no intention of going home to watch the band play because of college work piling up. The school has been irking some band members since the band sometimes has to fight with the school to get access to a Gator to take everything from the band room to the field.
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We had a mid to late '60s Cadillac Coupe DeVille in the auto shop today. 
In science class I had someone who's supposed to respect me and treat me like a friend, given how he has in the past, but today all he did was prove himself to be a little ass. I told him I don't know how many times to stop annoying me and that I wasn't in the mood to be annoyed, yet he kept going anyway. Needless to say, there's one more person that I can do without, so he's out of my life now.
In science class I had someone who's supposed to respect me and treat me like a friend, given how he has in the past, but today all he did was prove himself to be a little ass. I told him I don't know how many times to stop annoying me and that I wasn't in the mood to be annoyed, yet he kept going anyway. Needless to say, there's one more person that I can do without, so he's out of my life now.
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Dan
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What happened?
Dan
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Oh. I've been sick the past two weeks or so and I think I'm almost over it. Yay!
Glad to hear you're getting better.
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Oh. What did you catch?Oh. I've been sick the past two weeks or so and I think I'm almost over it. Yay!
Glad to hear you're getting better.
Ditto. There are also provincial exams, but not for every subject in every grade. Only some subjects depending on the grades. Provincial exams are administered sometime after the end of the normal school year.That sounds illegal
I have Yearly midterms
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So let me get this straight ... he's "supposed" to respect you, even though you demonstrated a complete lack of respect towards him given your willingness to completely dismiss him and then justify it as getting rid of the superfluous in your life, and all because he was clearly provoking you to get a reaction? That's one of the most intolerant overreactions I've heard of for a while.I had someone who's supposed to respect me and treat me like a friend, given how he has in the past, but today all he did was prove himself to be a little ass. I told him I don't know how many times to stop annoying me and that I wasn't in the mood to be annoyed, yet he kept going anyway. Needless to say, there's one more person that I can do without, so he's out of my life now.
You're in for a rude shock once you leave high school.
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Almost certain it was just the common cold. Or Ebola.
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I want to take this time to address my post made here that was later quoted by @prisonermonkeys.
At the time of that post, I was really mad over events that happened earlier in the day, and the want to get the issue off my chest overshadowed making it a better post than I did. The kid and I are friends, albeit not all that close as most others. I was having a bad day, and I respectfully asked him not to continue doing the thing he was doing that annoyed me. He would continue to do what I asked him to stop doing, which in my mind didn't show that he was a true friend. I only want true friends in my life, especially now with me being depressed lately. Also in my mind, it showed that he didn't really care. With those two things, I decided to just get away from him and his disrespect toward me. I figured that if he can't even respect me enough to stop doing something that he knew I didn't like, even after saying so, then he's not the kind of person I should associate myself with.
At the time of that post, I was really mad over events that happened earlier in the day, and the want to get the issue off my chest overshadowed making it a better post than I did. The kid and I are friends, albeit not all that close as most others. I was having a bad day, and I respectfully asked him not to continue doing the thing he was doing that annoyed me. He would continue to do what I asked him to stop doing, which in my mind didn't show that he was a true friend. I only want true friends in my life, especially now with me being depressed lately. Also in my mind, it showed that he didn't really care. With those two things, I decided to just get away from him and his disrespect toward me. I figured that if he can't even respect me enough to stop doing something that he knew I didn't like, even after saying so, then he's not the kind of person I should associate myself with.
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To be honest, and this is just judging from your status updates, you seem to be a pretty emotional and negative person and it can be very difficult for others to constantly walk on eggshells around that. To me it sounds like you're making a big deal out of nothing.
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Any other day it would've been nothing, but on a bad day, every little thing was getting to me.
As for my statuses, to make a long story short, five years ago saw things for me change for the worst and it continues to get worse. At this point, I'm depressed more than I ever have been and annoyed (sometimes extremely) by things after having to put up with things I don't like for so long.
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So your idea of a true friend is someone who immediately and unquestionably does what you ask of them?
I'm sure everyone feels depressed at some point in their lives. The difference is that most people don't hide behind it.
You keep talking about his not respecting you. But respect is something that you have to earn. It's not something that you are entitled to. And between you intolerance, outright dismissal, and your repeated need to justify your actions, I haven't seen anything from you that is worthy of respect. You completely mishandled that situation.
The reality is that you are going to encounter people like this for the rest of your life. Sometimes they will exist at the periphery; other times, you will work with them on a daily basis. And (far) more often than not, you won't be able to discard them or dismiss them. For your sake, I hope you grow a thicker skin and learn some conflict resolution skills - because if you don't, you're going to be in for a rough ride.
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I know its the weekend, but I had some friends over that are in my Geometry class and had a bit of a study session. It's the only class I'm struggling a bit in and they seem to know a bit more than me. I do feel more confident that I'll score fairly high on my next test. After we went on in the rain and played some football.
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And it shows - apparently you didn't learn grammar.
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Being a junior in high school has it's ups and downs.
Ups? Well, uh, I guess having friends that stick with you all the way
Downs? My school has wannabe street racers
Ups? Well, uh, I guess having friends that stick with you all the way
Downs? My school has wannabe street racers
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Yeah, wannabe street racers that are complete a-holes.Being a junior in high school has it's ups and downs.
Ups? Well, uh, I guess having friends that stick with you all the way
Downs? My school has wannabe street racers
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My high school had to put in speed bumps because people were doing 50-60 mph through the roads that connected to the parking lots. It didn't stop much though because people still go 30-40 all the time. I saw a friend hit 55 even with a a speed bump forcing him to slow down.
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