Teacher Marm Updates

Stupid computer... not that you can tell now, but I just typed about 20 lines of memorable and personality-filled info on how I'm doing. And then surprisingly enough, it all goes blank, the page reloads by itself, and all my verbage is gone.

Evil.

Just plain evil.

It feels like forever since I've posted anything, probably because my brain is so filled with school work that it has little room for anything else. I've vaguely aware of that stuff called "food," and I sometimes remember that I'm moving into my first house in less than a month (at which point I dutifully pack 3 boxes before getting back to the SIX INCH stack of papers that need to be read and graded).

The team I work with at school is AMAZING. We share all of the same students and we're all in the same hallway, and best of all, we do everything as a team. What are the odds that I'd get the best team in the entire school? Who cares? I got 'em! I was freaking out at the beginning of the second week (tried to do too much, of course), but my team rallied behind me, gave me some fantastic concrete suggestions, and I'm having a marvelous time ever since. Every person has their strengths, and I've already started taken the co-head position as computer geek expert. I'm thrilled! I would hate to just be the weak link always needing their help - but I don't mind asking so many questions when I know that they can rely on me for other things, like figuring out how to set up our classroom blog or entering grades in the evil new grading program.

The students are wonderful and irratating at the same time. They are, after all, 8th graders and full of a unique and continually fluxuating blend of hormones, anger, isolation, optimism, euphoria, curiosity, and a million other things. Sometimes their moods are like the Missouri weather - wait a few minutes and it'll change.

Well, as wordy as I am, I'm sure I could gab on for a long time still... but it's after 10pm and I love my pillow more than I love my keyboard.

G'night all!