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*How tired I am at the end of the day.
*How much my feet hurt the first few days back to school. I am currently sporting 2 blisters and a possible nascent blister.
*How weird it is to have new kids sitting in front of me. Whether I liked last year’s classes or didn’t it is always a shock to the system to see a whole sea of faces that I don’t have names for yet.
*How many papers I have to give out and collect back in homeroom.
*How early 6 am really is.
*How GD annoying administrative and technical screwups can be in the moment. During…
“Before the bell rings, remain in your seats. Please don’t gather around my door like pigs at a trough.” “Have your parents sign this technology release form. If they’re concerned that I’m going to –I don’t know — sell you on e-bay or something, please have them call me.” “Don’t press your face against the…
read more »Teacher work days start tomorrow with convocation and a “best practices” conference. We have been requested to “dress tropical” for a “learning luau.” It’s going to be a long year.
read more »ENC Orientation was over, I believe, this weekend and, with teacher workdays starting for most schools in about two weeks, the new CMs (and returning second years) are flooding into town. This means, my friends, the beginning of yet another year long round of the game my husband and I like to call “Spot the…
read more »Now that the “vacation” part of my summer vacation is over (a week touristing in Baltimore and DC with the family and a cruise to Bermuda!) my thoughts are turning ever more inexorably to next school year. Here in good ol’ NC, school start for the most part on August 25th, so I have about…
read more »(I’ve been waiting to post this to see what the teachfor.us renovation would look like. Oooh … fancy…) Well, I finally have my AP scores. I cracked and went up to school last Wednesday and begged our AP coordinator for a breakdown of just my scores since the College Board website was still not letting…
read more »GAAAAAAH! The wait for the AP scores to come in is killing me; my whole rep as a teacher rides on these scores. I’ve been refreshing the College Board’s access portal pretty consistently for a few days. The scores are done! They’re out! Kids can call and get them! Why can’t I see them!?!?! Must…
read more »I’ve read a couple of posts about new CMs’ introductions to the latest dance craze to sweep the youth of the nation – The Jerk. One thing that was a constant at my school was dancing – kids, other faculty, everyone seemed to all of a sudden know these dances that I had never heard…
read more »Feedback requested! I’m working on building a web site for my AP US History class. In college I taught myself basic HTML, but I didn’t want to fuss with that, so I’m using the wonderful Google sites, which I particularly like because it allows me to very easily use Google widgets such as Google calendar.…
read more »Report cards went out yesterday and I already have three parent emails. I think this says it all:
read more »"Donta what *are* you doing back here?" "Not much, Ms. W, just chillin."
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