... I wrote a blog.
So school has started, hence the post sabbatical. With some of my closest colleagues and friends gone, and many of my closest students graduated, it almost feels like a completely different school. When we started inservices, I just had this unnerving feeling - like waking up from a coma to find that a lot of things had changed. But, the year seems to be off to a decent start. I'm teaching six classes a day, five different preps (uh, yeah...), but they're all courses that I've taught before, at least. There are a lot of new faces, and I don't have a lot of returning students - at least ones that I've had in class before. I really try not to, but it's very easy to look at this crop of students and wonder, "who is this year's (previousstudent'snamehere)?" Everyone is so different, I shouldn't think that any student will fill the shoes of a previous one. But I can't help wonder which ones will be dismissed? Who will be valedictorian? Which ones will seek me out as a mentor? Which ones will influence me just as much as I influence them? It's a time of infinite possibilities - the beginning of a new school year - and those of you who know how idealistic and optimistic I am can understand how that excites me to no end!
My AP class is gigantic. Well, gigantic for me - I had three students my first two years, six students last year (which I thought was big). This time, I have twelve. Twelve! Grading lab reports in a timely fashion will be challenging...
By the way, Tic Tacs now come in Cherry Passion blend - cherry (red) and passionfruit (yellow). No word on whether this is a temporary flavor, or if they'll be around for a while. When you see them, buy them. Pick out all the yellow ones and send them to me. Now, go do it.
So school has started, hence the post sabbatical. With some of my closest colleagues and friends gone, and many of my closest students graduated, it almost feels like a completely different school. When we started inservices, I just had this unnerving feeling - like waking up from a coma to find that a lot of things had changed. But, the year seems to be off to a decent start. I'm teaching six classes a day, five different preps (uh, yeah...), but they're all courses that I've taught before, at least. There are a lot of new faces, and I don't have a lot of returning students - at least ones that I've had in class before. I really try not to, but it's very easy to look at this crop of students and wonder, "who is this year's (previousstudent'snamehere)?" Everyone is so different, I shouldn't think that any student will fill the shoes of a previous one. But I can't help wonder which ones will be dismissed? Who will be valedictorian? Which ones will seek me out as a mentor? Which ones will influence me just as much as I influence them? It's a time of infinite possibilities - the beginning of a new school year - and those of you who know how idealistic and optimistic I am can understand how that excites me to no end!
My AP class is gigantic. Well, gigantic for me - I had three students my first two years, six students last year (which I thought was big). This time, I have twelve. Twelve! Grading lab reports in a timely fashion will be challenging...
By the way, Tic Tacs now come in Cherry Passion blend - cherry (red) and passionfruit (yellow). No word on whether this is a temporary flavor, or if they'll be around for a while. When you see them, buy them. Pick out all the yellow ones and send them to me. Now, go do it.
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