There’s still plenty to do, of course– I have never once in 23 years started the school year feeling like I was completely ready– but given that it’s Tuesday and I don’t even start getting paid until next week, I feel like I’m in pretty good shape right now.
I am going to put a lot of effort into being more explicit about my procedures this year so that I can tighten up behavior a little bit. These are going to be scattered around the room in appropriate places, and I think I’m probably going to actually laminate little cards for the “Start of Class” and “End of Class” ones and tape them directly to the desks. They won’t last the whole school year, obviously, but hopefully after a few weeks they won’t be strictly necessary any longer.
Am I missing anything obvious?
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Our children are falling behind other countries. Our government is more interested in brainwashing with religion.
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You’re not wrong, although I think good old American anti-intellectualism is more to blame than religion. That might be a distinction without a difference, however.
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I’ll go along with that. 🙂
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I love these (especially as one with a very brief stint as a teacher, and as a sub for about four years–luckily for the same small school district). “The sub should not know your name at the end of class.” I hope you have a great year!
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I’ve heard good things about this group of incoming 8th graders. Let’s hope they haven’t gone to hell over the summer. 🙂
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