I ain't taking no deep breaths

Miss Brave:

THE TEST is almost upon us! Recently I met with my principal to discuss what grade I'd like to teach next year. After many, many hours of soul-searching I had listed second grade as my first choice on my preference sheet, but there may not be an opening, so I then spent many, many hours agonizing over whether I'd rather move to first grade or stay in third. My principal asked me to be "completely honest" about my reservations in third grade.

"Well," I said, "I've never done test prep before, and I've never had a class like this before, so getting this class through test prep has been..."

He finished the sentence for me. "Get me the hell out of third grade?"

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 6, 2011 3:57 AM
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