A Mention Modify Contest

Changing your yell is difficult work.  I've had to catch the tag agent to update my driver's license in addition to the social safety role to update my social safety card.  Those weren't that bad except for the fact that the social safety role got my address wrong, in addition to therefore it required 2 visits.  I've spent hours of my life at the depository fiscal establishment in addition to credit spousal human relationship every bit the employees travail to notice the correct sequence of push punches to brand changes to my account.  Having a married adult man from Commonwealth of Australia hasn't just made me the favorite depository fiscal establishment customer...  I've fifty-fifty sent off paperwork to modify my voter registration in addition to passport.  Then, there's all the telephone calls to diverse companies.  Phone calls where AT&T tries to convince me that it volition endure easier to modify my yell inwards their arrangement if I upgrade my cyberspace speed in addition to modify my jail cellular telephone phone service to them in addition to sign upward for DirecTV.  Right...


The hardest adjustment has been for my students.  They said adept farewell to me earlier Spring Break every bit Ms. Hagan, in addition to instantly I'm Mrs. Carter.  It isn't the halt of the basis if a pupil calls me Ms. Hagan.  After all, that has been my bespeak 26 years of my life.  However, I would similar to encourage my students to telephone telephone me yesteryear my novel married name.  I approximate it's merely part of the excitement of beingness married.  :D  

Therefore, I devised a trivial competitor betwixt my classes.  I didn't denote the contest.  I didn't explicate the rules.  I don't respond whatever questions when students ask.

It started yesteryear writing 2d stream through seventh stream on the dry out erase board.  And, each fourth dimension a pupil says "Ms. Hagan" instead of "Mrs. Carter," a agree grade goes on the board.  Sometimes I write them correct away.  Other times, I hold a mental agree inwards my caput in addition to write them downwards when I larn a chance.  

Here's the showtime of Day 1 every bit Mrs. Carter:


End of Day 1: 


At the showtime of each day, the tallies larn changed to numerals in addition to therefore novel tallies tin endure added on.  


End of Day 2:


As the days move yesteryear away on, the release of tallies added are decreasing.  So, I approximate that's a adept sign.  :)  

The funny affair is that the students intend I larn mad every fourth dimension I brand a tally.  Really, it's merely amusing to me.  And, I'm realizing that my students tell my yell to a greater extent than times a solar daytime than I always realized!  

3rd, 6th, in addition to seventh periods are freshmen (Algebra 1).  They are patently struggling the most.  Or, I approximate you lot could tell they intend the destination of the game powerfulness endure to larn the close points.  ;)   My 2d in addition to fifth periods are Algebra 2 (sophomores, juniors, in addition to seniors).  My fourth stream is Statistics (juniors in addition to seniors).  I expected my upper-level classes to accept the close problem since around students accept had me all iv years of high school.  But, they look to endure doing the best at remembering.  

Hagan has move yesteryear away known every bit the "H-Word" that students are continually alert other students non to say.  

There's utter that at that topographic point powerfulness endure a prize for the course of report amongst the lowest score, but that has nevertheless to endure determined.  ;)  




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