headache

>>Headache headache headache. All day today. I tried to remember that most headaches are caused from dehydration and drank my nalgene bottle empty about 4 times today, it still didnt help. We began "standardized" testing today. Normally this is a cause for stress. It is difficult to deal with kids who have to spend 100 minutes every morning taking a hard test. But, I teach special education. So, almost every single one of my students takes a different type of test, or a different level, or in a different grade. Just getting prepared for this week was nuts. not to mention the resource teachers at my school needed help so I ended up taking on some of their students. To top it all off, these tests are difficult for my students. It is hard enough for them to sit still while in their 15 minute groups before we rotate, but to sit down at a desk, for 100 mins, taking a very difficult, dry test, and then have to continue to sit quietly while other students finish working. Almost impossible. THEN! to top it all off they have each of their 7 periods after the 100 min block which they have to do work in. I went VERY easy on my students and let them off with some fun games for most of their classwork today. I couldnt bare to make them sit quietly, and work on difficult math for another 35 mins. I couldnt bare it myself.

>>in any case, my students did well. Only 5 more days of this to go.
BAH!