I am having a very cranky month. I don't want to get into it beyond the fact that August has been a crappy month for me since 2008. It just sucks and now I dread Augusts, I don't know if it's now become one of those self-fulfilling prophecy deal-things (I just kinda hyphenated two words that really don't go together, hopefully you follow me anyways).
On to other news, just got my class lists and I have 325 students that I teach Spanish to on a M-W schedule or a T/Th schedule. The breakdown of those 12 classes is as follows: 4 classes of 6th graders, 7 classes of 7th graders and 1 class of 9th graders. I'm scared to teach little kids, they're not even teenagers and when they do turn 13 they're like the awkward smelly teenagers not the cool 15 year olds who are excited to be getting their permits. Then on Fridays I have about 85 students that I teach either cooking or creative journaling. It's just underlined the word journaling in red, so apparently journaling isn't a word. If you had a Friday elective class called "Creative Journaling" what do you imagine that would entail? Seriously, I want to know. I have no idea what I will do next Friday with these kids. Also keep in mind that I will most likely not have access to portable computer lab and definitely no access to digital cameras, an lcd projector or basically any other kind of technology. Oh yeah, and no art supplies. Charters schools are an adventure. BRAND NEW charter schools are an adventure. They built the facility in 26 weeks and it is gorgeous...just no technology. Hopefully we have some VERY generous parents. I wish I could say I am thrilled about this new chapter in my life not working for the JSD, but alas, I am not thrilled.
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