| | Where have I been? To make a long story short, we're no longer in Thailand.
I took a job teaching inner city high school students in Milwaukee, WI. Returned to the U.S. and bummed around with relatives until August 10, when we closed on our new house and moved in. School started on the 22nd, which gives you an idea how much time there was to prepare.
I teach six 45-minute periods in the day, and lunch is with the kids. There's not a minute in the day to even catch my breath until 1:30. Literally. No breath catching, though, because even though I have a couple periods free, I still have the seniors at 3:05. Too many in the room, too many who are going nowhere and know it, and too many who have "won" battles with too many teachers in the past -- teachers in other schools, and this one, who have quit teaching because of this class (among other things) that has gone from 120 when they were freshmen to 37 now.
What keeps me going? I've got to feed my family and ... in every class there are students who are, or could be, going someplace if their peers would get out of their way. I connect with some of them every lesson, but not long enough, not often enough, not yet, anyway.
Last week was the first full week of school. I leave home at 6am, get home at 6 or 7pm, crash, get awakened by Jane or Mary for supper, crash, and get awakened to go to bed.
I don't think I'll get any cheese and crackers with the whine.
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| | Posted 9/6/2007 2:12 PM - 11 comments
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Sounds like you have your hands full. 
