I know it’s been a week since our last session. (Wait a minute! That sounds waaaaay too much like what we were taught to say in confession back at St. Mel’s: “Bless me Father for I have sinned; it has been _____ weeks, months, years since my last confession…” I’d always end up committing more sins right there in the confessional by lying about how long it had been, and leaving out lots of stuff. Shudder.) But what a week it’s been: 1. STAR testing. 2. Open House. 3. I received most of the kids’ research topics, and there aren’t any cute animal or “history of” topics. 4. Our IST department disabled flash drives district-wide. 5. I complained district-wide. 6. The assistant superintendent sent me an e-mail saying that I was “out of bounds with basic human behavior,” and that he would be “pushing all the buttons for an appropriate discipline.” 7. I was told not to use “reply: Everyone” for IST matters any more. 8. Our IST department re-instituted flash drive support. (5 and 8 are not connected. I know much better than that.) 9. It was “Teacher Appreciation Week.” 10. We had chicken barbecue for lunch Wednesday (OMG,
Middle school teaching: Five shows a day, 180 days a year.
That reminds me of those great SNL skits about the Sofa King. You know, how the prices are "Sofa King" low, the deals are "Sofa King" great, etc. (You obviously have to say those phrases out loud to get the joke.)