I go to work in about 90 minutes. It’s District Training this week, and there are things. Things to worry for. Not very many. But still. A list.
Things to be Nervous About
1. What am I wearing?
2. My hair. It’s notorious for not cooperating.
3. Do I bring lunch? Will they let me go home and eat with my family? Do I really need food between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm? (Answer: Duh.)
4. The school-issued laptop. Guys, it’s not going to be a Mac. What if I can’t figure out how to turn it on? Or send an email? Or link to a printer? Or access YouTube?
5. My room is not cute. Not in the slightest.
Things Not to be Nervous About
1. Student issues. No kids till next Tuesday.
2. Forgetting my phone. I did that in my dream, so I figure I’m covered.
3. Locker combo / taking a final I didn’t go to class for / forgetting to wear pants. (Am I the only one who still has these dreams, decades after I finished taking classes in school?)
4. Making friends. I’m about a million times more confident than I ever was as a kid on the first day of anything. Plus, I already know people. So, there’s that.
5. My room is not cute. Not in the slightest. And I think I don’t care.
Things to Deal With
1. I really need to write my Disclosure Document. I put it off because I had to finish my online English class (which went fine, thank you) and now I really need to get it handled. And copied. And stuff.
2. Lesson plans… like that.
3. At some point in the next week, I need to build a teacher web page. With information attached. And guess who knows about building a teacher web page? (*sound of crickets chirping*)
4. Bring one copy at a time of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS to the school. I bought several, since I’m confident they’ll get stolen, even when I write “I STOLE THIS BOOK FROM WILHITE’S SHELVES” along the edge of the pages opposite the spine.
5. Remember that my room is not cute? Perhaps I should give them SOMETHING to look at when they tire of looking at me. (I took in 2 plants. I hope they survive. I’m not actually good at raising plants. My Kids are fine, though, if you were wondering.)
Ideas I Just Had
1. There’s only one. And it involves YOU solving my recurring issue #5. How about you send me your favorite (10th-grade-appropriate) quotes FROM or ABOUT books and reading, and I’ll print them out and put them on my walls? Because IDEAS for CUTENESS. Many great quotes = good Karma for the week. Come on, you know you could use it.
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You’re going to be amazing. And I frequently have dreams where I’ve forgotten my locker combo. Or have a final in a class I haven’t attended all semester. Or a violin lesson that I haven’t practiced for. Oh the anxiety! I don’t have any cool quotes for you, sorry. Just commiserating.
You’re going to be amazing. And I frequently have dreams where I’ve forgotten my locker combo. Or have a final in a class I haven’t attended all semester. Or a violin lesson that I haven’t practiced for. Oh the anxiety! I don’t have any cool quotes for you, sorry. Just commiserating.
The best part about teaching high school? Your room doesn’t have to be cute.
The best part about teaching high school? Your room doesn’t have to be cute.
YOu will be fine- remember Erin can help you with all of your questions! She is amazing. I can help you with your web page. I just updated mine and I think I finally figured it out. You can go to my page to get a layout idea:) Love ya! You students are going to be Wowed and amazed!
YOu will be fine- remember Erin can help you with all of your questions! She is amazing. I can help you with your web page. I just updated mine and I think I finally figured it out. You can go to my page to get a layout idea:) Love ya! You students are going to be Wowed and amazed!
“Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savour their songs.” – Nelson Mandela. “A library is a hospital for the mind.” – Anonymous. “A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.” – Stendhal. “Don’t be delicate. Be vast and brilliant.” – It’s not about reading and I don’t know who said it, but I think it’s lovely. “Books break the shackles of time.” – Carl Sagan. “A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood. “But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself.” C. S. Lewis. “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” J. R. R. Tolkien.
“Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savour their songs.” – Nelson Mandela. “A library is a hospital for the mind.” – Anonymous. “A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader’s soul.” – Stendhal. “Don’t be delicate. Be vast and brilliant.” – It’s not about reading and I don’t know who said it, but I think it’s lovely. “Books break the shackles of time.” – Carl Sagan. “A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood. “But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself.” C. S. Lewis. “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” J. R. R. Tolkien.
I need to warn you. As a teacher, you will have a new type of dream added to your collection. It’s the dream in which you cannot find your classroom or you have absolutely nothing prepared to teach. But outside of your dreams you will be an awesome teacher.
I need to warn you. As a teacher, you will have a new type of dream added to your collection. It’s the dream in which you cannot find your classroom or you have absolutely nothing prepared to teach. But outside of your dreams you will be an awesome teacher.
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. ~Franz Kafka
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. ~Attributed to Groucho Marx
So excited for you!
A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. ~Franz Kafka
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. ~Attributed to Groucho Marx
So excited for you!