April 28

pa asked to go to his locker, quickly, but was gone too long
as typing today, a little bit better than normal but no reading in class(which is what I'm hoping for)
id off task today, looking at Google, he had his book but, unlike previous days, didn't read it
sa working on project about 'gangsta's' all period
et complaining bitterly that I don't help him. Apparently this comforts him by being able to blame me for his failings.
ja did a poem for her blog today but nothing else. How can I get her to care?
eb grumpy today, wouldn't do some of the letter assignment but was quietly reading for a good portion of the period.
mq did some work on his slide show but spent too much time visiting with friends

April 24

cj: loud, loud, loud. What can I do? She's reading a bit and doing some schoolwork, a big improvement but he loudness makes it hard to keep others on task. I struggle to know how to deal with her, but always try to do it with questions not orders or criticism.
et: listening to music, doing almost nothing but he claims to have done his project. I suspect it will be so short and unintelligible to be worth much of a grade. How do I make him understand he can't pass doing what he is doing?
id: seems to be reading Serpico. I'm very encouraged.
cb: doing a report on basketball without really reading his book, Hoop Dreams. He doesn't understand that I need him to read that book.
eb: doing all the right things. My biggest success story though it's really owing, I think, to her mother's passionate concern for her school progress.
sl: did her project but spends too much time listening to music and wasting time. A classic D student for me, doing enough to survive but not really learning anything
mq: agonizingly slow at anything to do with school; he seems to hate everything about it and I have no answers on what to do.