Failing someone on the last day is mean.
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I canāt grade what I donāt have. 
I could make a single assignment that says to pass the quarter, āwrite the number ā6ā hereā and kids will still not do it. I actually worked with guidance to drag our last couple of potential this-year grads across the finish line kicking and screaming today.
Last week a colleague at another location begged me to help one of his kiddos get to the finish line. It was just a couple days before graduation. Smart kid but Spanish is his first language so there was a barrier there. I looked at the quarter and gave him all of the most visual assignments as a path to passing.
He did it, and he walked. 
I have some experience working with ELL students, so I have a sense of some of the kinds of things they need to be successful in a math class.
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I should have used red font. I know very few teachers actually take pleasure in failing students, and you have been working to prevent that all along. Enjoy your summer!
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Most people seem to be offline. I found a shady spot on the patio to read a book, which technically Iām reading for work but itās really interesting. Seems productive enough for today.
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Boss on vacay, WFH, projects caught up. First day of all my kids summer, none working, so a leisurely family lunch at a local Cajun place. 82Ā°F and breezy. with this view. Definitely a cross post with Happy Thoughts.
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Insomnia plus having to deal with people shot my morning to hell. There are Fs needed to give, but Iām struggling to find them.
I also have a headache. Not sure if itās lack of sleep or dehydration.
I completed one of my filings. Itās early but I needed to be early bc I have a bunch more after this one. I sent it to the compliance person to send it to the state and they are out thru next Friday (the due date). This is why I shouldnāt be early.
I have my sbux latte and now DNGAF. Still hafta work the process doc this weekend. 
Egads!
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Took yesterday off. More wine tasting today. Place on Paso called the The Tiki Room tonight. Taking Fs, which is mathematically same as giving negative Fs.
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Sitting on the sbux patio with a latte and some treats from the bakery. Cranking up the GAF-o-meter to a deuce, mebbe a treyā¦
What are you GAFing about?
Process documentation. For the accountables and auditoriesā¦
Now I am on the back deck at home. 
Just killed a ******inā 
!!!
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I decided to wear pants for a video meeting this morning. Next time might be different. 
ETA: I wore pants for my afternoon meeting too, but the week is youngā¦ 
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Continuing with the documentation. Weāre also having issues with balances carrying over to the next period, but someone else is working on it. About a 4 on the GAF-o-meter today.
And Iām wearing shorts because itās warm today. I might even go actuarialize on the deck!!
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Nothing really urgent on my end today. Trying to unpack an FP&A model to see if I can help unpack how we do revenue projections for a new division, itās a real ratās nest of a model. Gonna hit the DMV after lunch to get tags for my new car - usually that only takes like 30 minutes here, not a big deal. And the first Friday of every month is āmeeting light Friday,ā so just one meeting today!
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Didnāt get to start on month-end things yesterday like I hoped, so doing that today insteadā¦
ā¦and whatever other crap comes up. Sadly many Fs Gād today I think.
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Oh dang, a new CMS document just dropped talking about the specifics of the MSSP trend for 2024, Iām gonna GAF and read up on that today. 17 pages, I think Iāll survive.