A Fresh Start…Sort Of

So today started the beginning of a brand new school year.  That is one of the absolute joys of teaching; every August you get a fresh start, a new group of kids, and sometimes, particularly in my case, a new team partner(s).  I usually get pretty excited about a new year, and this year is no different.

However, as is the case with all jobs, the rain does fall when the sun doesn’t shine.  How poetic huh?  I didn’t think so either.

So anyway, after Day One, I thought I’d jot down a few of the highlights of the day, both pros and cons.

1.  I really think I am going to love working with my new team partners.  Holly and Jodi are great, and they’re Carolina fans, which is even better!

2.  Being on a 3-man team is going to be a lot of work.  Teaching only math and writing is great, but 3 classes of math instead of 2 means one more set of everything.

3.  Our county rents copiers.  The school buys a certain number of copies.  If we go over the allotment, it costs us money.  This year, we’re going to have a copy card individually and we’ll have a set number of copies.  When you’ve used your copies, they’re gone!  Since our math book is absolute crap, I fear I might have a dilemma.  Anybody have a cheap copier they want to sell me?

4.  Our 4th grade team is a very, very cool team, with lots of experience and great people.  I love my team!

5.  There is a very good possibility that our teachers will have no, wait, NO!!!!, planning period on Fridays for 20 weeks out of a 36 week school year.  Anybody other than me out there think this is completely ABSURD?????!!!!!

6.  We have a new principal this year, but she’s been our AP the last 3 years, so it’s been a smooth transition thus far.  So far so good.

7.  I forgot to add some files to my flash drive at the end of last year, and they wiped our server this summer, so guess what?  Yep, you guessed right.  I can’t believe I did that.

8.  There’s a heckuva lotta work left to do before the kids walk in next Tuesday.  Y’all pray for my wife, she’s gonna need it!

That’s it for now.  Y’all be well.