Can we agree that you are all acting like maniacs?

So, of course no more than 24 hours after I posted about how much I love my kids, I have the worst school day to date. Friday was our final TAKS test day and the kids finished their reading test right before my period began. This meant that they had been sitting still in total silence for 2 1/2 hours and had a lot of energy to get out. Any shot I had at being able to teach them how to add and subtract fractions was shot. So instead I ended up fighting to get through my lessons and ended up moving kids around because they couldn't behave next to their friends.

By the end of the day, we ended up far behind finishing our lesson and instead I took the time to have a serious discussion about classroom behavior and its affect on our ability to learn everything we need to for eighth grade. They all agreed that their behavior was out of line and we agreed to be focused on Monday. One student even came up and apologized to me for being disrespectful by talking in class.

Needless to say I never thought I could feel so utterly defeated by 14 year olds. Apparently I have quiet a few days like yesterday to look forward to in the next two years. So tonight, we toast to that.