Every day we have a 20-minute guided study so students can do homework and see teachers if they have questions. During the 1st and 4th quarters, guided study is at the end of the day so student who are in fall and spring sports and activities won't miss as much class time.
For those who are left, it usually amounts to talk time, 'cause what high school junior (my guided study consists of 17 juniors) wants to study at the end of a long day of school? Tuesdays is silent reading day, and they are to quietly read a book or magazine for the 20 minutes.
Last Tuesday my advisees were talking, and I kept shushing them.
"Get something to read from the shelf and be quiet," I kept telling them in various ways, some of which got a bit snippy.
Until, one girl asked me what my first job was---and I stupidly took the bait and told them: "I gave baton-twirling lessons."
"Really?" they asked.
Well, the next thing you know it, I'm in front of the class teaching two of the girls how to twirl a wooden dowel, showing them my old tricks, as the others look on.
"Uh oh," they said.
In the doorway stood Dr. J, the principal. He looked at us, shook his head, smiled half a smile, shut the door and walked on. Why couldn't he have walked by when I was telling them to be quiet?
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