See you Tuesday, school. While other teachers and students are already out of high school for summer, I’ll be back in three days. Then I’ll see you for another 19. Then I’ll see you next year. Then we’ll see how that goes.
I knew a 3-day weekend was coming so I didn’t do homework for a few days. Guess what I got going this weekend? Not only am I stubborn when it comes to showing up to school, I am more stubborn when it comes to posting grades. You had those teachers in school–the ones where you never knew what your grade was, you did some work at the end, and then you ended up with a grade you didn’t want. I don’t EVER want to be that teacher, and I’m not. I usually update grades about as quickly as the NASDAQ updates trades. It just makes things easier for everyone, and doesn’t take that much extra effort.
I’ll watch some bad movies, though. I’ll relax. Grading will get done. Maybe some more room cleaning in preparation for a quick summer escape (I wrote “summer,” people–don’t get excited). Hang out with the boy and wife. That is the bad rub of being the Iron Man of attendance and grade updating. It’s the opportunity cost of teaching. You give up something somewhere else.
Our eight days of block schedule is over and, despite the lack of break time, I like it. My students didn’t. It’s different. They think two hours is a long time, which it is, but it also prepares them for college a little. They don’t meet every day in the same class, homework gets done often in class, and science and art teachers (and anyone else) can do things that aren’t constrained by a 53-minute class. Plus, you have to do SOMETHING during that time, so you better have some options.
After Monday there are no more breaks. Some will argue that summer is a break, but there are always things that draw us back to school. School!!! Why am I still writing? Let the weekend begin. https://youtu.be/G5mtsnM9WNM