After not doing much for the summer, talking for almost 4 hours straight (3x 75 minute periods) you start to get sick of hearing yourself. Plus I have a really hoarse voice, I lose it at night and by the morning its working again, and then by the night, its gone again. Hopefully this doesn't last too long!
I've had a great week, I always like getting to know new faces, and seeing a few old students again in my class this year is always amusing.
I think the kids who had me last year for second semester and who have me now groaned when they saw who their teacher was... By the end of this semester they will have spent a whole 10 months with me. (technically a year with a 2 month break in the middle, but still, its a long time!) Fortunately we get along pretty good so there's no problems. I've been teaching for 3 years, and I've taught one student for all 3 years... his grade 8, 9 and now 10 ... I'm sure hes SICK of me! He thought he was getting rid of me.. imagine his surprise when I show up at the same high school as him! Technically I could end up teaching him in grade 11 and 12 too... Its really neat to see them grow over 3 years and teach them in different subject areas.
For anyone who argues that teachers have it easy and that a 2 month vacation is too much, let me tell you about my first week. This is the quote EASY unquote week of school right? no one does much the first week, right?
Tuesday - up at 6, at school by 745, in class till 2:15, at school until 7 photocopying, staff meeting, arranging rooms, finding more chairs & desks as my enrollment climbs, i think i sat down for maybe 2 hours between 3 and 6, came home for dinner, did planning that night for a couple hours after, in bed around 12.
Wed - up at 630, at school by 730, meet with another teacher and discuss coordinating our classes, classes till 2:15, had a student stay until 3 to discuss course stuff, conference with the department head till 5, hubby picks me up at school and we have dinner out to celebrate his new job, back home and prepping for school for 2 hours at home. In bed around 1130 or 12.
Thurs - up at 7, at school at 8. Teach till 2:15, discuss a course I taught last year with the teacher who is teaching it this year, prep for 3 classes, at 6 go in to photocopy a 10 page double sided activity booklet for 31 kids and realize that the 1 copier is out of toner and wont run, and the other gives an error anytime you try to use the double sided copy function. Spent 20 minutes playing with the copier to no avail. I still need to go in early and hope someone has the time and skill to fix the one thats erroring (yes I make up words) or get Toner from the office (which by the way is locked at 6 at night so I couldn't get that either)... so I go and set up my desk. I finally got prep room space after being at the school for a year. My prep space last year was a pile on the floor next to the filing cabinet. (can you tell the school is crowded?)
Leave school at 6:45, come home and rest a bit, and here I am blogging ...
all that in 3 days... and it doesnt stop there. Once I get ahead on the planning then comes the marking, the report cards, the phone calls to parents, the extra curricular activities... and when I leave at 6 or 7, theres still cars in the lot and people in the school. and I know many teachers who drive an hour to school, so they are up at 5:30 am...
If anyone DARES to tell me that teaching is an easy 8-3 job, I will tell them where to go. (and read my blog!)
Well, with That rant aside, Tomorrow is Friday!!! I have been looking forward to this weekend Since the 26th of July. Why you ask? Well, on the 26th of July, Hubby and I saw Evil Dead the Musical for our anniversary (was a better idea than
And we LOVED Evil Dead. Loved it so much I bought a shirt and a poster. Went home and decided we should have bought the CD so we got it from iTunes. And we both said, "Damn I'd love to see that again!" ...
Then a wonderful opportunity arose and I had the chance to get 4 PRIME SEAT tickets to the Closing night show! Sat Sept 6th...
Hmm Who do I know who would like to see a crazy bloody horror comedy musical with us? Answer was pretty simple ... Melissa's Miscellany!!! So After a bit of logistics involving the transfer of money and tickets, we had 4 tickets!! So I've been waiting since then anxiously to see it again. I hope they do something cool and wild for last night. We are at the edge of the splatter zone (stage blood!!!!) and I Can't wait! I'll hopefully be buying a white t shirt there to wear in hopes of staining it nice and red.
On a side note, a certain couple who are coming with us to this show haven't actually SEEN the original movies... How can you be born in the 80s and not see the Evil Dead movies and Army of Darkness? Some people... So that calls for a movie marathon Friday night and we'll definately have some drinks during that... OH and that reminds me, there is BAR SERVICE throughout the musical. SO you can drink and eat (munchie food) while watching a musical. And the more beer you've had the better the blood looks!
Anyway, in honour of my excitement for the weekend, I found this on youtube. Its the opening of Evil Dead the Musical (from the CD) and someone has wonderfully set it to the SIMS... I think they have way too much time on their hands, but it is VERY well done!
And there it is. It makes me so excited to listen and watch, even if it is computer animations!
Yes, I have listened to the CD countless times (to Hubby's chagrin) and I can sing probably 90% of the songs and I will be singing along (not TOO loudly though) all night. I can't wait!
TGIF Tomorrow. I get to wear Jeans to work AND get a movie marathon... Life is sweet.
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