The last few weeks of school can be brutal if you let them. For me, they were my favorite time of the year. They were a time of nostalgia, a time to tie up loose ends, a time to look back, and a time to make memories that last forever.
The unsaid truth about the last two weeks is that the students are no longer being graded on their work. Teachers are required to submit grades so that they can be sent out to be printed on report cards and sent back to the school in time for teachers to approve them and make changes before the last day of school. There are two schools of thought among teachers. Some believe they can get their students to work hard right up until the last day if they continue teaching the curriculum as usual right up until the last day. I never took that approach….