grrr arggg!!!!!

SO. i have these great blog-based lessons that i'm using in three of my classes this week/month/quarter. the kids are (finally) engaged in english again because we're using technology that they actually get into. assignments aren't just assignments anymore - they're FUN (holy crap, imagine that). and then...

today, the computer guru (who i really like as a general rule) came and told me that the school doesn't like the open-blogging format that i've planned for all of these lessons. i have to switch the format (somehow) to something different by next week. if we can't switch it, then we can't do it. period. she was very nice and said she would help me after school, on the weekend, whenever, to try to make it so that i can still do this, but i'm pulling out my hair with this whole issue. it's just one more thing to add to the list of why i don't belong at this school.

for real, YO.

- pulling books off shelves in the library
- whining about there being too much gore in beowulf
- saying no to open-space blogging (when getting their work out to the public is PART of why i wanted to design the activities like this)
- spread of bad, bullshit gossip about me - apparently, i got written up for having food in my classroom. not actually, i just didn't catch the children doing it during an observation (note #1 to children - how F'ing stupid can you BE?!?!?!), and the principal mentioned it to me. but you know teachers...

i can't deal with this much longer...