New year, New grade, New students.What isn't there to love about this time of the year? I've decided to keep this blog as a short diary about my daily routine as a teacher instead of what my blog turned into, which was a philosophical look on education. I would rather just remember the fun and horrible things that happen to me each and every day. Let's talk about how this was the worst day EVER! The other 5th grade teachers had the same thought, so it doesn't make me feel nearly as bad about myself. Just a talkative group of kids I suppose. Let me run off a list of horrible things that happened.
- Was supposed to spend a large portion of the day having my kids take some math tests on the computers...computers didn't work.
- Got new computers, they didn't have the program on them so I had to scrap the whole thing.
- As I was trying to frantically put names and passwords into the computer for the tests that we didn't take, I had a kid come to me bleeding from the elbow.
- While I was helping her, another kid farted. YEP...during a silent coloring time.
- Decided to scrap everything we had planned for the last hour of the day to work on policies and procedures. (why didn't we plan to do this for the first 3 days anyway?)
- Had the superintendent and principal pop into the class in the middle of a new math program we had to start today.
- Started a new math program that explains math in a way I don't even understand.
ETC...ETC...ETC...
I'm complaining a lot, but really it was a bad day. Just motivation to come back stronger the next day I suppose. I hope it can only go up from here. Also, decided to drop out of the math endorsement program and we haven't even had our first class yet. I have a feeling it's going to be a long year. I'm super excited for the adventures along the way.
Plan for tomorrow...Have another first day and forget today ever happened.
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