Pressure relieved… for now

Feeling better about things today.  I feel I actually taught today.
I also scared my students.  One of my second period students emailed me during third period to tell me she was having trouble in my class.  This is Day Three of the school year.
Another student told me, when I saw her in the hall after [...]

On Classrooms and First-Day Outfits

My classroom is finally ready for kids to walk in.  I wish I had a couple more things to put on the walls, but it looks pretty good as it is.  At least I have enough desks for all the kids who’ll be walking in – I had to scavenge the halls looking for discarded [...]

On New (School) Year’s Resolutions

I love and loathe this time of year.
The new school year starts in a week or so.  You see, one of the great things about teaching, is that we get to make New Year’s Resolutions twice a year – in January, with the rest of the mere mortals, and in August.
To help us in this [...]