School started right on time Thursday morning. Well, right on time for us, that is! And that means, behind as normal. And it was packed! A new class was added to our section, bringing with it four kids and as many extra adults. (One of those is another teacher. Yippee! She gets to teach math and I get to teach the fun stuff <grin>.)
Our class has grown to the largest ever with 31 kids on roll. Rumor is #32 is just waiting in the wings to enroll and possibly, a #33 sometime down the line. If any of you ever win the lottery and have to much money, contact me. I know how to spend some of it for you in the form of tax deduction. You will make a lot of people happy.
Back to Thursday. With so many new kids, the 9th graders plus the other class and their adults, we had to rehearse going to class, showing them everywhere they are supposed to be, and just practice. Oopps. Make that model.... that is the new word for practice. Model behavior, model routines, model, model, model!!
Of course, one of the most fun things about the beginning of school is seeing how much the kids have changed over the summer. One boy is sporting a mustache (of course, you have to be close to him to really see it...hehehehe....), one of the girls has gotten much taller over the summer and is now a few inches taller than my 5'4.5"! As a bonus, she is staying calm. Boy! Eight weeks can make all the change in the world!!!
What about in the morning? We are all about the business of school.
Only 178 school days left!
2 comments:
I have several friends who are also educators and most of the reactions to "back to school" paralled yours. I guess it's like starting off the day by slamming your car door shut on your hand so that you have the proper attitude for the rest of the day.
Jimmy
Facial hair? He must feel so grown up.
I think the 178 day count tells me a lot about the first week. ~Mary
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