One of the five rules in my (my!) classroom is that there are no electronics allowed in class. So, I did not bring my camera to school and take pictures of the many, many, very alive moments I lived through with 160 new students this past week, which was, by the way, my very first one ever as a high school English teacher. Juggling a camera along with attendance, learning names, hearing 'miss? miss? miss? miss?' many times, and teaching would have been a pretty gnarly task, too...just know that there were three basic images: BUSINESS - practicing my stern teacher face and voice with some success, some non-success, LAUGHTER -cracking up with students over mistaking meteors for metaphors, smiles for similes, doing the robot, stories about ducks, clams, lions, and sheep, and SWIMMING - trying to figure out the pattern of kicking hard in my work, breathing, and the pace of lesson planning. Oh - add to these images, one of so many beautiful eyes looking up (or down, or at their neighbor, or out the window) with questions, challenges, and curiosity as to what their relationship with English 10 will be like, this year. It was a good week, and I'm glad it is Thursday. Cheers to the first week, (a blossoming juicy pear, it was) and here's to the next few to come!
Oh! And a belated Happy Anniversary to mom and dad! So glad you had that first malt, you two. Love you! xoxo
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