The word "eerie" always looks weird to me when capitalized.
This year on the first day of school I handed out notebooks and
explained that we would begin class with 2 pages of "brain drain"--
longhand writing about whatever. For some kids it's hard to write a
sentence, never mind 2 pages. I'm doing it along with the class.
There are still a fair amount of moaning about it, but most students
have been good about it. One student remarked that he felt more
relaxed afterwards, and one showed me 4 sentences in the middle of
"garbage", detailing exactly what he would do in class that day.
These are good things. Just seeing a student be able to write more
quickly the next week is fun.
Yesterday I arrived in class a few minutes after the bell, hurrying
up from the Main Office. I opened the door to the class and was met
with...absolute silence. A class of students with notebooks open,
writing. It was very strange. But in a good way.