In 3 weeks, I will be knee deep in Pre-Planning. In fact, I will be getting ready for Open House...the one thing I can't quite figure out with my Principal is why the kids know where they are going about 2 weeks before even the teachers know who we will be teaching... Kinda makes us look stupid when we meet the parents two days before school actually starts and we say... Oh, let me look at your schedule to see if you do indeed have me for a teacher...Rumor has it that this year we will have no "gifted" students on our team...I am actually kinda glad. It seemed like the majority of the ones we had last year were too lazy to use their gifts or their parents were concerned why their darling angel had a 99.9% average instead of a 100%.
Anyhow, I was in my classroom today trying to get it ready for this next year. For those of you who might have forgotten (or really don't care) I will be starting my 7th year of teaching in three weeks! Only 23 more to go and I can retire !!!
Just for the record, the door to my classroom remains unpainted, the blinds have not been touched for two years now and the 7 layers of paint on my walls continue to flake off...But we do have a jam up great weight room for the kids... Ah, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Did I say I taught because I love to teach...not because I am dazzled by my opulent surroundings!
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I remember my sophomore year in school. I had the most rocking awesome theater teacher and he did all he could to keep our department up and running and he even used alot of OWN money to fund the night of one acts we had, and our stage version of 'Butterflies are Free.' However at the end of the year we still needed repairs and things that would really make us blinging but they cut more from us and increased the athletic area, namely football. I would have to say that is one of the main reasons why I feel football is overrated and pointless. I feel the pain on the unpainted door etc. I say you paint it your way and if they complain then it will force THEM to fix it. Sometimes people need a good BOOT in the booty. Maybe a lime green?
well... maybe they will start to pay attention to other "stuff" since we have had 3 confirmed cases of swine flu in Tifton and it is heavily rumored that each of the victims spent time in the new gym at 8th Street in the weight room !!
Aunt Susan- I just wanted to make sure you saw I had give you your Five Things. I replied in the same post. Can't wait to see how you elaborate! :)
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