back at it again

Well, after a nearly a week away from school, I am back. I spent 4 useless days in Tampa, Florida, for a stupid teacher academy training which I really shouldnt get started dissing because I will end up on a 30 minute rant again.

I think my kids missed me... at any rate, they seemed excited to have me back. It sounds like things went okay with the sub, although they tested her patience. Alas, it was to no avail, because all she did was READ HARRY POTTER. Not that I am against Harry Potter... But if you are getting paid to babysit my kids, WATCH them, dont just sit there. It almost makes me laugh cuz when I babysat when I was younger, I was totally the type of babysitter who put on a movie and told them to watch it while I read or zoned out. Ha. Amazing how we can want one thing for our kids but do another thing for someone elses.

So I got back to school today and got quite a few compliments on my pants... they are wool and I recently purchased them during a trip to the outlets with my mom. Go Banana Republic Outlet! :) Anyways, yeah, I think my kids missed me and it was somewhat gratifying that they wouldnt shut up for the sub... occassionally they shut up for me, which makes me feel like I am doing perhaps a slight better job than I originally thought. Then again, maybe not... cuz they still never shut up.

I asked my kids what I missed while I was gone... the 7th graders took all the money collected for Hurricane Katrina relief and dumped it down the toilet. One of MY students (a girl) got into a fist fight with another student (a girl).... both got out of school suspension because this occured during lunch. As my students said, "There was weave flying everywhere! People kept picking pieces up for souveniers."


Um.


EW.


So yeah, apparently things were interesting while we are gone, and its nice to know that the teachers who left are actually an integral part of the school and things go slightly more insane when we are not around. It makes me feel good.

Today I was actually a decent teacher too... we are doing the Metric System. That joy of joys. And so far they have done well with it, despite being notoriously idiotic with math. They are gettingi t so far. We will see how tomorrow goes... we are doing 2 labs in 1 day... im not sure if they can pull it off, but they might suprise me.

In the meantime, here is my schedule for the week...
Tuesday ~ teach all day, come home, hopefully go to bible study with Ethans mom
Wednesday ~ teach all day, go into Philly to the Franklin Institute to preview Body Worlds, an AWESOME exhibit there, for FREE because I TEACH which is AWESOME!!!!!!! :)
Thursday ~ teach all day, maybe go visit the Winners Circle at night bc my bro runs the Quizzo there, so my friends and I ought to start patronizing :)
Friday ~ teach a HALF DAY, then do professional developement for half a day... hopefully, instead, I will be planning what to do NEXT week, since I have no idea, and basically no time to figure it out until then. :)
Sat ~ wake up at 8, because I always wake up at 8... do whatever, probably grade adn work on stuff for next week, then work from 3 to 11
Sunday ~ do the same exact thing as Sat
Monday ~ go to work... again.


All this being said... its been a long week and its only Monday. And my water for spagetti is boiling away.



congrats to aunt jo and sal for getting married on Sat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) It was wonderful to see, and im super glad that E and I could make it.



By the way, have I mentioned how much it sucks that Ethan lives in Orlando now? Well it does... but he has his first day today, and from talking to him, it seems to have gone pretty well and he is excited. He knows hes goign to be doing things wrong for awhile... the learning curve is steep, but I have faith in him... hes an intelligent man and I am excited for him. If you think about it, send some prayers his way! :)