school supplies purchased - check
new lunch box - check
new laptop computer - check
plan for the first month for sophomores - check
no plans for AP yet, as I'm not sure if there will be any AP classes. Due to budget constraints and lack of teachers, I will not be allowed to have a class of less than 20. Less than 20 students have completed the summer assignment for each section... the math is not working in our favor.
Also, have no spent more than 30 minutes in classroom since June. Really, all I have to do in there is hang up a few posters and run copies. Everything else can be done on my handy-dandy new laptop. Did I mention that I got a new laptop? It's shiny.
I did, however, take the time to look at my class rosters - joke that they are at this moment. I have two classes of 35+, one with 7 and one normal one. Is there a point in even paying attention to it at this point? I'm really hoping that the class with 7 will actually be moved to another time. I loath having classes during that hour - the magical band/choir/leadership hour when all the students who aren't trying to figure out how to smoke pot in my classroom have their electives. Thus, I am left with a class full of students all trying to figure out how to smoke pot in my classroom while carving their initials into anything not moving. Student teachers... this is why your supervisor tells you to walk around the room. A non-moving person is a carving target!
new lunch box - check
new laptop computer - check
plan for the first month for sophomores - check
no plans for AP yet, as I'm not sure if there will be any AP classes. Due to budget constraints and lack of teachers, I will not be allowed to have a class of less than 20. Less than 20 students have completed the summer assignment for each section... the math is not working in our favor.
Also, have no spent more than 30 minutes in classroom since June. Really, all I have to do in there is hang up a few posters and run copies. Everything else can be done on my handy-dandy new laptop. Did I mention that I got a new laptop? It's shiny.
I did, however, take the time to look at my class rosters - joke that they are at this moment. I have two classes of 35+, one with 7 and one normal one. Is there a point in even paying attention to it at this point? I'm really hoping that the class with 7 will actually be moved to another time. I loath having classes during that hour - the magical band/choir/leadership hour when all the students who aren't trying to figure out how to smoke pot in my classroom have their electives. Thus, I am left with a class full of students all trying to figure out how to smoke pot in my classroom while carving their initials into anything not moving. Student teachers... this is why your supervisor tells you to walk around the room. A non-moving person is a carving target!
Comments
Athena
It's also a good way to catch note passing, gum chewing, sleeping, and to not be hit by flying objects that any students might be throwing at me.