School Daze
Chandler's first day of school of yesterday. He is bound and determined to have a great school year and to be a better student. His teacher is the same teacher that Rob had in fifth grade and his first male teacher at that!
Mr. C has two major programs going on in his class--tickets and minutes.
Tickets are given for just about anything--good behavior, random acts of kindness, turning in homework of A or B quality, asking or answering questions in class, etc. They may be kept in the desk of the individual or turned in to Mr. C who also acts as the ticket banker. Tickets my be taken for bad behavior, missing assigments and (the biggie) getting sent to the office (which costs 40 tickets). If one goes into ticket debt, new ones earned are not banked until the debt is paid. Various snacks and items may be purchased with tickets.
Minutes are recorded for read both in and out of school. For each 100 minutes read by a student, a block on a lo-oooong chart is colored in. Chandler claims the chart is 12 feet long. If a student achieves all the blocks being colored in, Mr. C will go to the restaurant of that student's choice (within driving distance) and bring that student back lunch! Last year, the top restaurants were Imo's, China King and McDonalds. Needless to say, Chandler came home and read for THREE HOURS!
During a brief Q&A session, the students asked Mr. C how old he was. The reply (which Chandler relayed wide-eyed) is that Mr. C said that he doesn't give out that information freely...it is like a mystery...he was born during the Korean war. If they kids really want to know his age, they should do a little research!
Mr. C has two major programs going on in his class--tickets and minutes.
Tickets are given for just about anything--good behavior, random acts of kindness, turning in homework of A or B quality, asking or answering questions in class, etc. They may be kept in the desk of the individual or turned in to Mr. C who also acts as the ticket banker. Tickets my be taken for bad behavior, missing assigments and (the biggie) getting sent to the office (which costs 40 tickets). If one goes into ticket debt, new ones earned are not banked until the debt is paid. Various snacks and items may be purchased with tickets.
Minutes are recorded for read both in and out of school. For each 100 minutes read by a student, a block on a lo-oooong chart is colored in. Chandler claims the chart is 12 feet long. If a student achieves all the blocks being colored in, Mr. C will go to the restaurant of that student's choice (within driving distance) and bring that student back lunch! Last year, the top restaurants were Imo's, China King and McDonalds. Needless to say, Chandler came home and read for THREE HOURS!
During a brief Q&A session, the students asked Mr. C how old he was. The reply (which Chandler relayed wide-eyed) is that Mr. C said that he doesn't give out that information freely...it is like a mystery...he was born during the Korean war. If they kids really want to know his age, they should do a little research!
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