ALL PLAY and NO WORK Magazine

all play.

SUMMER 2021

y l l a e r is that , d a b so ? a s i u o L

A LITTLE RET ROSPECTIVE O N

2020-

2021

SCHOOL YEAR

2020-2021

s k o o b e h t n i

R A E Y L O O H SC 1 2 0 2 0 2

20

in

s k o o b e h t

SURVIVED

Good job!

SURVIVED

r a e Y l o o h c S 1 2 0 2 19 20 almost over

among teachers, as Massive jubilation expected long as it's over by eight forty-five.

This has been the longest year, like, EVAAAAARR.

In fact, last summer it seemed like we were all so stressed

out from 2020 that we kinda didn't even have much of a summer "off."

But NOW we are at the end of the second part of the Year That Just Won't Stop. 2019-2021. So, here's to US. We made it.

I'm not in the classroom nowadays, but I have been watching and working closely with teachers, and I can say with 110% certainty, THAT was one for the DUSTBIN.

obligatory bad jokes Knock, knock…

Who’s there?

Noah.

Noah who?

Noah one's readier than me for the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Why was the obtuse angle so upset on the last day of school?

! r a e y ll a t h ig r ’t n s a w it e Becaus

How can you make time fly on the last day of class?

Throw a clock!

What did the student say when his teacher asked him to pay a little attention on the last day of school?

"But I’m paying as little attention as I can!"

e r m ! m u S

What's a math teacher's favorite sum?

HEY, now, school's not out YET!

mething o s n r a e l . s ' t e L

Summer Vacation

French Vocabulary lesson

as it's said in

FRENCH

grandes vacances les

(THE BIG VACATION)

les

c e n s a c a v

S E D N A R G IS

D

V I V R U E

0

1

9-20

12

2

the neverending school year

as it's also said in french...

S S E A S R G

DE

MATINÉE S "f

" mornings t a

de

matinées

h f s i o w r y I o t u a . h . .

W

s e c n a c a v S E GRAND s e é n i t a m S E S S A GR and LOTS of what you love!

WHY is Louisa May Alcott on the cover of this magazine?

Good question. It actually has to do with sloths.

So, as a kid, I loved Little Women (the book) so much. I still think about it almost every day. And I know most of the episodes by absolute heart. Because I read that book into the ground. Literally, I went through three copies.

And while I was thinking about HOW MUCH SLOTH I want for teachers this summer, I remembered the part of the book where the sisters - in June - all decide that they are going to do absolutely nothing for an entire week. And, so here's a one page summary of what happens.

Warning: It's a little moralistic because, after all, sloth is technically a sin. However, there's, in my mind, a difference between lazy, sinful, harmful, BAD sloth...and...

d o o g sloth

You know, the kind of sloth you deserve after basically teaching your way through a fog of incompetence, disrespect, and confusion for the last couple decades.

NOT TO MENTION the pandemic on top of that! Whew, Teach, I dare say, you deserve some sloth. In fact, it's probably imperative for your health that you get slothy

...a

nd fast !

They ask their mother if they can take a whole week off and do nothing.

She says:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

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Friday

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Sunday

On Monday, it's all fun and games.

Almost. Nothing's perfect, right?

On Tuesday, people start getting a little bored. But no one wants to call it quits, so they just pretend they LIKE being bored.

By Wednesday, the bloom's off the rose, but no one wants to be the first to say, "Uncle."

So, Thursday rolls around, and everyone's in a royal snit. But their mom just watches and does all the work, and laughs. ON THE INSIDE. Like parents DO. Cause they're NICE. TGIF. NOT REALLY, THOUGH.

By Saturday, it's like The War Between the States Two around there. (That's the nineteenth century equivalent of "World War Three.")

By Sunday, everyone's learned their lesson. All play and no work makes them really testy.

Those 19th century kiddie lit writers liked to serve up some MORALS of the STORY, for sure.

Usually, for teachers, it goes more like THIS. Monday

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. Any Monday that is not the start of another school week, I'LL TAKE IT.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. It's sinking in that I don't have to go back to school for NINE WEEKS.

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. Weather report is that a blissful haze will be moving in about 5:00 PM.

Thursd ay

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. This is the look of a person that has done EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO with their mind all day long.

Friday

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. Maybe SLIGHTLY disappointed that Friday doesn't mean anything if you did not work all week...SMALL PRICE TO PAY!

y rda Satu

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. Amazing how much more relaxing weekends are when preceded and followed by a week off!

Sunday

Current Mood: REALLY HAPPY. Day of rest, more like season of rest, amirite? * *

See Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

Or, if you're the traveling type, maybe this.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

YAY!! Trip tomorrow!!!

WAHOO! Been waiting for this for MONTHS! Here we go!

Taking ALL the PICTURES! And eating ALL the things!!!!

Thursd ay

Friday

y rda Satu

Sunday

Life goal accomplished.

Drinking a a beverage with an umbrella in it, UNDER an umbrella.

Myself, that surfboard would be used for a nap, but that's just me, maybe.

OH NO! I have to go home so I have to eat ALL THE THINGS again!!

That was so relaxing! Where can we go on the next break?

H.A.G.S. HAVE

A

GOOD

SUMMER!

for hanging in there

2020-2021 over

done with

Where I'm Going This Summer

by Tina Hargaden

Ongoing in June & July

Curriculum Club Book Group

Coaches and I will be reading & discussing Foundations with group members (In the Clubhouse the e-reader is free for you!)

June 14 - 18

Summer Institutes

I'm teaching French Culture, History, Issues Strand in the morning & Teaching "Nuts & Bolts" in the afternoon July 5 & Onward

Ongoing July to September

July 19 - 23

Curriculum Club re-launch

We're declaring independence from overwhelm! We're launching the new, leaner, meaner Clubhouse! Can't wait to show you around!

Curriculum Club planning sessions We're sending you a printed plan book and a coaching book, and other goodies, too...and we're going to work through them with you to plan a year that doesn't suck. Isn't it about time for that again?

Summer Institutes

I'm teaching French People, Places, and Stories Strand in the morning & Teaching "Nuts & Bolts" in the afternoon August 2 - 6

Summer Institutes

I'm teaching "Nuts & Bolts" in the afternoon