Everyday I have these great ideas for a blog, but by the time I get home I'm so wiped I can hardly think. So I figured today, on my semi-day off and while my wonderful husband is cooking breakfast, I would tell you WHY I'm so wiped when I get home: I teach.
Two grades, 7th and 9th, two subjects (this year at least). I'm certified in biology, which allows me to teach nearly every science between 6-12 grade. Except chemistry (YAY--I hate chemistry) and physics (booo... I like physics and could totally teach it).
Our schedule is pretty hectic this year. Middle school is still on regular schedule, so for all of you non-parents or non-students out there, it means I keep each class for about 50 minutes. High school, on the other hand is on modified block schedule--90 minute blocks, and you see each class every other day. So in the morning I teach four classes of middle schoolers and each afternoon I teach a different block of high schoolers. That equals me being exhausted every single day. No really. Even today, I'm exhausted.
And you know what else? Not that I'm really complaining because I like my school and my students (most of them), but I'm chaperoning a dance tonight. So my day off is not really a full day off, because I have to go watch little kids pretend to dance (which is all they really do at the middle school level). We're required to go to three dances/functions at our school a year, so I figured--why not do this one? It's not like I'm ever going to FEEL like going to any of them, not with this schedule.
BTW--for those of you who don't teach--I spent $122 bucks this week buying candy for my students to do a lab with, and then have enough left over to eat. So... teaching is expensive, and most of those cute activities your kids do comes from the wallet of their teacher.
Now, since I have that out of my system, maybe I can finally write that blog about Annie Lennox I've been wanting to write--I love Annie. :D
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