HOLY COW!!!

um.....




I QUIT MY JOB!





Yes, its insane, I know. So I wrote my resignation letter last night and solicited a few peer reviews (thank you!) and I went into school this morning armed and ready. I told my lead teacher in the morning... the VP in the afternoon, and I caught the principal after school. She really did not have anything to say. I went in, and she aws like so, you thought about things, and I said yes, you are probably giong to hate me. And she said yeah, probably. I told her I thought about it a lot, but I decided to leave. And she said...

"okay."



I was like ummmmm arent you going to yell at me? But she didnt, it was very short and sweet, she said she understood. She was like have you written a resig.... and I cut her off by pulling the letter out of my pocket. She asked if I had a date, I said Jan 20th, the day the 2nd quarter officially ends. So shes like good, that will give us time. She asked if I would be interested in something part time, I said maybe, to keep me posted. I told her I would help her find a new teacher in any way possible and I will definitely be leaving materials for whoever shows up next. Its good. :)



In other news, ITS BEEN A GREAT DAY!!!! a few weeks ago, one of MY precious students stole a laptop from our mobile laptop lab... they pinned it down to my class, and I thought it could be one of 5 kids cuz 5 of them had the computers and I wasnt physically with them when they put them back. Well, it wasnt any of those 5. I mentioned it to my class that one was missing, that it was pinned on 6th period.... so finally, god bless her, one of my students came forward and told me. She said it was not fair for me and for the class to be punished just cuz one person was a jerk. So she told me who it was... and its sad, cuz most likely they will kick the boy out of school. Its a shame. he took the computer to get back at the staff for eating his pizza that he illegally ordered to be delivered in the middle of school. sigh. pride will always get you. So yes, they called the cops, the cops picked up the kid, they went and got the laptop, now hes going to have a board hearing and I cant imagine they will let him stay. Its terrible cuz he really is a NICE kid and we get along... b ut he does bad things. Anyway, I wanted to jump up and down and hug this girl for telling me, its wonderful to have it resolved before I leave the school. Everything is falling into place with the school situation, and im beyond pleased.


I also think I am going to wrap up everything I wanted to accomplish first semester. like, magically, we are as far as I predicted myself being. chemistry is wrapping up the second unit.... biology is wrapping up genetics. I never thought I would get to those spots, but its fallen together. i am so happy. :)






So number 1 is more or less accomplished. decision made, I have taken the steps... there is the aftermath... the clean up, moving out of my classroom.... its amazing how much I ahve accumulated in like 6 months. I need to purchase a storage unit of some sort. there are odds and ends there... getting back money from my classroom budget, writing midterms, etc etc. But im pleased. making decisions is wonderful.






And so on to other decisions.