Well, the dust has settled on the 8th week of school. Now I am sitting in TN in a polka dotted bath-robe with curlers half a foot high. I drove 10 hours to be here for 18, and it is already worth it. A dear dear friend is getting married today, and I couldn’t miss this.
Let me backtrack to the past few weeks- it has not been pretty. I would say “organized chaos” sans organized. Between the three high schools represented in our house we have made multiple children cry and multiple children have made us cry. We have filed police reports, seen kids removed in handcuffs and we’ve felt the sting of mace drifting down the school hallway post fight. On the bright side- I promise my students only get funnier and it is getting harder and harder to keep a straight face (pretty much all the time).
One of the great things about having TFA roommates is that you can use their experiences to measure yours. We all work at three very different schools, each with it’s own set of problems. School #1 is what I like to call “Never never land”. I am pretty sure Tinker Bell sprinkles fairy dust down the halls. This is the land of field days, and corporal punishment (aka. push ups). Having said that, Roommate 1 has a super tough job and is whipping her kids into shape. I am really proud of her and really want to visit (because she can teach me things too).
School #2 sounds like a social experiment. Food flights happen once a week and their principal just quit. Roommate 2 lights kids’ homework on fire (for real, she teaches science) and threatens to cancel explosions as punishment. Roommate 2 has a really hard job and a whole lot of heart to get it done. She is another great teacher I admire but I’m not sure I want to visit until they get more security.
Then we have School #3, my school. It is a neighborhood high school that catches all the kids that don’t go to a Charter or Magnet school. I wouldn’t trade my spot for the world, my kids are fierce and spunky. I admire them for that.
That is all the reflection I have for now… time to enjoy TN.
No comments:
Post a Comment