Just had to go with this quote to start tonight's blog. We are in the middle of the second week in a row of state testing, and am starting to think that the New York Department of Education did this on purpose just to see how many teachers might run screaming from their classrooms. Even in the best of classroom settings, the kids are getting a little fed up and squirrelly. Add to that the interesting nature of my class this year and you MIGHT begin to feel my pain. Then there is the fact that next week we get to grade these beauties, and the week after that, just because we need a little more fun, New York State has decided we can do some field testing as well. Let me just tell you how much I LOVE NEW YORK!
(so much for my striving for happiness from yesterday...get back to me tomorrow and we'll see...)