The end is here....or at least near. Started exams today...........looks as if some of the kids wont quite make it. This is the time they have to learn to be accountable ...long over due I might add.
I am so ready for a break.....maybe Ill win the lotto and be able to retire. Have a better chance to get hit by lightning. Oh well doesn't hope to wish.
If this crazy weather ever get right Ill be ready to ride. A member of the Harley club has figured out what is wrong with my bike..........so now think I can get it fixed. He even said he would work on it for me. Needed reflective high temp tape so John found it online and ordered it for me. Sweet man....
Had a little throat problem this morning..couldn't talk.....but it working out now. The privilege of living in Mississippi .sinus drainage.
The annual is finished and submitted to the plant. So any mistake we live with now. I had to do wayyyyyyy more work on this one than I wanted. Next years I'M going to only have about 7 member and they will do it all. If not it just will not be done.
My great niece graduated from Pillow this past Friday. She finished 4th in her class of 67...smart girl. This gave a chance for some of my family to get together. Linda came and we got to spend time with the girls.
I'm still thinking about taking off on my bike for a summer ride. Hope everyone has a great summer and be safe.
Later

Tomorrow is FRIDAY.............yea. Only one more Friday , then exams and school will be out for the summer. Today school started with an adventure..or a heart attack , which ever way you choose to look at it. There was a HUGEEEEEEEEEEE rat in the teachers lounge, knowing this Coach Benny and Hal set me up to find out. Everyone at HA knows how much I HATE , I mean HATE rodents of any type. This creature was on top of the cabinets and I'M seating there in my quit time when I hear something.......oh BOY then I saw it out of the corner of my eye. My scream was heard far and wide.........BENNYYYYYYYYYYYYY. First time his name had 8 syllables. Took me about 2 hours for my heart to slow down. Then I spent the rest of the day on RAT watch.
Classes are going ok...kids want me to stop teaching but that isn't happening not until next week.
Have a wonderful week end.............oh yea everyone pray we get the rat soon. Don't know if my heart can stand the stress.

Yea the week end...........Thank God for Friday...........Hey thank God for lots of things. Today was such a good day.............for a teacher it is all about getting students to get it............the big picture. Today I think or maybe just hope, I hit a HOME RUN with one of my students. If I can make a difference with one kid a year........I'm a winner. Then one day down the road that student will come back and say " Ms Mac I get it and man were you right."
I almost have the annual finished, my staff didn't put as much into it this year as in years past, but it will be done in spite of it all. Only have 12 more pages of a 112 page book............so yes I'M excited. Think I have about 300 hours in this book, too bad I don't get paid for that. HA HA. I would do it anyway ......unless some one else out there wants the job.
For those of you that read my blog leave comments...like to hear your opinions. But if you know me, then you wont be surprised I'm not affected by it. But hey love then anyway.
My life is very simple..........my family, Taffy and Oreo, riding motorcycles, school, my kids there,and the outdoors. Life is good.... if everyone could just step back and see happiness is within you. How great that would be.
Love yourself, look around for the joy, and have peace. Pick your battles carefully.........never knew what that meant til now. Only took me 60 years to figure it out.
Be happy
later..............

What's in a small town

The end of our school year is just around the corner. That give me thoughts of the future. We are loosing several teachers this year, and for us that could be a problem. Since I have been divorced ,there have been many times I have needed to and thought about going to public school. The fact is that in public school I could make 2 and 1/2 times what I make now. But I keep choosing to stay..........ask why? As I ride my motorcycle around our state, I see many small delta town with store windows boarded up, houses empty, and streets empty. I wonder why..........but it is so clear.........they have NO school. If you look at any community, when the school or hospital are closed the town Dies. So far here in our area we are lucky ....we still have both. People have moved from Belzoni and this area, but it has been due to the economy. Even with our lack of new jobs or industry we still have our SCHOOL.
So to me........this is why I stay. This is my home and it is up to me to help keep it alive. I love the kids....know most of the families......and it is after all my home. I just keep telling myself that as long as I can make it and pay my bills ...........I have to do my part.
I do understand why people make other choices.........heaven knows there are days I wish I could. But I stay..............I have to try to get that one child to learn all I have to give. We all say kids of today are different...............and YES they are....but their world is different.
I know if I expect more of them ............they will step up to the plate and achieve all they can.
You can look at our staff and see that is it made up of home town people..........there is a reason for this.......it is OUR SCHOOL and OUR COMMUNITY.
So yes......kids...........you will have to put up with mean Ole Ms Mac again next year.