SQUEE!

Bear with me, since I will gush and rant. Today was awesome.

I tried group discussions ealier in the year. Catastrophe. However, today was amazing.

The secret to a good discussion is worksheets and beach balls. Seriously. That's the only thing I can isolate, besides my nervous, frenzied energy, that helped.

But, man. The kids GOT IT. You shut up until you have the beach ball, and then you address the comment and not the kid. No "Fuck you, stupid bitch, you ain't know shit." Instead, it was, "I see where you got that, but I think you're wrong, because..."

And they had good points.

This is why I teach.

Now I'm going to go to the doctor, drive to Jersey, and sleep for 18 hours.