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24324. Jenerator - 9/3/2008 7:23:59 PM Ms No - great news! I am really happy for you. The kids are lucky to have such an ethusiastic teacher who has a real heart for kids. This is going to be a great year for you and for them! 24325. anomie - 9/3/2008 8:41:49 PM Ms No, My high school drama teacher is one of the few I actually remember after 35 years. Must have been all the performance-demonstration stuff. Congrats, and I too think your students are lucky to have you. They will surely remember you in Hollywood and on Broadway! 24326. Ms. No - 9/3/2008 10:14:21 PM Ha!
Tomorrow some of them are going to hate me and I have to say I'm rather pleased about it.
I finally have some clarification from administration about school policy and what I can dictate in my room. Not to mention that I finally got a copy of the school handbook AND I got my student roster.
Oh, woe to them. Assigned seating, class rules and more written work.
They'll be glad when Tuesday comes around and the sub lets them watch video. I'll be out most of the day at orientation for the district, but I'll be back in time for my fifth period lovelies.
heh, heh, heh 24327. anomie - 9/3/2008 10:17:13 PM What power! Don't let it corrupt (or disappoint) you, Ms No. It is ephemeral. 24328. anomie - 9/3/2008 10:54:16 PM One of those happy accident shots from the Chicago wedding:
 24329. anomie - 9/3/2008 10:56:06 PM I have no fucking idea why that's so pixelated! Those are shadows, but you can't really tell from this. 24330. anomie - 9/3/2008 10:58:48 PM 
24331. anomie - 9/3/2008 11:13:49 PM 
24332. anomie - 9/3/2008 11:14:31 PM Ah, a little better from Flickr. 24333. anomie - 9/3/2008 11:15:35 PM 
24334. anomie - 9/3/2008 11:18:39 PM Sorry about all that fuss, but I thought this was a very cool, (lucky!) shot. 24335. judithathome - 9/3/2008 11:37:27 PM It's fabulous! 24336. anomie - 9/4/2008 12:27:21 AM As are you, Judith! Thanks.
24337. Ms. No - 9/4/2008 5:32:37 AM What a wonderful shot, Anomie! Lucky indeed --- but what a good eye to have caught it! 24338. judithathome - 9/4/2008 2:49:27 PM I went to see the baby yesterday. She's adorable and has the knack already of arching one eyebrow like a seasoned skeptic! I'm loving this little cynic! 24339. arkymalarky - 9/4/2008 11:44:27 PM How neat, Judith! 24340. arkymalarky - 9/4/2008 11:51:58 PM No, that's a great description of your first day! Are you going to keep a journal of the year? I want to keep one of my last year, if I know when I'm in it. If your first year is like most, it'll be hard to make time for it, but you'll never forget it. After 28 years, my first year is the clearest of all of them. I'll be interested to see if by the end of the year 5th period isn't your favorite group.
Sounds like you're off and running. I'm no expert, but email me if you're ever inclined. 24341. arkymalarky - 9/4/2008 11:53:00 PM That is a great picture, Anomie! 24342. Ms. No - 9/5/2008 7:02:13 AM Thanks, Arky --- I'm sure I will email you, but I can tell you right now that I already think 5th period will be my favorite. They were a whole new class today --- courtesy of desk rearrangement and a seating chart.
We had a gas-leak scare in first period which took us out on the blacktop for about 30 minutes. This gave me a bit of a skewed idea of what the rest of the day would be like since we didn't finish what I had planned for the day. When I got to 3rd period I figured we'd end right on time, but I forgot to take into account that a lot of the time element depends on how vocal the students are in discussion.
Yeesh, that was a crazy period when I realized I was pretty much done and we still had 20 minutes of class left. I had them work on their journals for fifteen minutes and then they had the last five free.
5th period was my most participatory class and I was really impressed with them. I got answers from them that the other two classes hadn't come up with and I was just so proud of them. My hooligans had mostly calmed down since they were fairly separated and two of them were absent.
One of my kids who had been rambunctious on Tuesday was front and center so I could keep him on task and as I suspected even on Tuesday, he's talkative because he's excited.
All in all, 5th period was the best of the day.
I had my first staff meeting after school today and it was a nice surprise in that it ran pretty much on time and it didn't get bogged down. We had three students on the agenda who are in danger of not graduating for one reason and another --- turns out I've got all three of them and two of them are in my 5th period class.
One of them got a referral to the office from another teacher on Tuesday and he'd given me some problems as well, but today he was golden and after getting a little more information on him and how other teachers have helped keep him on task I'm feeling really enthusiastic about having him in my class.
I was hoping to review the cumulative files on my students, but it turns out that they aren't very informative since we draw students from all over the county and don't have a lot of their records or saved work or anything from before they got to our school.
Ah, well. I did take time during the gas scare to chat with a few of my students and get to know more about them.
I'm still terrified of next week --- I promised them a syllabus for Monday. This weekend will be hectic trying to put a curriculum together, but I think I should at least be able to give them a bare bones syllabus which is subject to change. I'll feel much better once I've got my lessons planned out a couple of weeks in advance. ;->
All in all a really productive day, but man am I staying far, far away from caffeine and refined sugar. I'm bone tired but I can't sleep for stress right now.
Journal of my first year? Heck, that's what the Mote is for, right? 24343. alistairconnor - 9/5/2008 8:45:12 AM That's exactly what it's for Nyetskaya... among other things.
Just wondering if it's a thread.
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