I am on my lunch break. Lately, once I get home, the mere idea of writing about work gets me all sorts of irritated and I decide to put it off and then it's suddenly a week later and I haven't written. All with only 3.5 weeks to go!
My new classroom attitude is to just say Yes to everything.
Can I go to the bathroom?
Yes.
Can I get some water?
Yes.
Can I go get tissue for my nose?
Sure.
Can I go ask Mr. ____ something?
Yes, go for it.
Can I go ask Ms. ______ for the Math homework?
Yes indeed you can.
Can I punch Adrian?
Please do, thank you.
It has made my life easier and while I'm sure this philosophy would not have been a good idea in say, March, it is working wonders for late May/early June. Just go do what you gotta do and make it snappy.
We had a "fake" fire drill today. I know, fire drills are supposed to be "fake" since they are not real fires. But this time, there was no drill scheduled and no principals in the building and the alarm goes off and we all slowly leave only to be yelled at to come back in. I'm sorry, but isnt the idea of a FIRE ALARM to alert us of a potential emergency? What if it was a real fire? If it was, wouldnt it be unscheduled?
It is very warm here at work. No AC, no fans, no working windowshades, and we are on the third floor of an old, poorly ventilated building.
We are practicing our Poetry Performances for this Friday, and then we will launch a brief Readers Theatre unit where my classes will perform skits from Louis Sachar's "Sideways Stories from Wayside School." I got it online from Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theatre site... I can get you a link if yer interested.
The morale is low here. We are hot, cranky, and they are about to close our subway stop for construction "until further notice" which means we will have to walk about 12 blocks from the train and leave earlier for work each day.
Next week is teaching-free with a trip to the Intrepid, a half day and full day of professional development [the latter of which we will be at the Botanical Gardens all day, nice!] a Female Empowerment Conference, and my personal day to go to my 5 year [!!] college reunion.
There are impatient eyes looking at me to use this computer, so until next time...
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1 comments:
A few years ago, one hot last week of school we were without air in my classroom or the classroom next to mine. I brought in my blender with drink mixes (unfortunately virgin) and a cooler of ice. Having cool, icy drinks really helped my disposition.
When I didn't have classes I hung out in the office, completely underfoot, in the hectic end of school craziness, with a virin marguerita in hand. Was I irritating? Completely.
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