New Year! And with every new year or long break from work I get a refreshed drive for what I do. If it could only last everyday in order to accomplish some major things within my classrooms. It's interesting how much I complain about my job but really I secretly love it. As much stress as it is.......I'm teaching band, to students who probably ( Read more... )

It has finally happened.......one of my schools went on lock down! We're calling it containment so the parents don't wig out but it's lock down. The students stay in the same class all day for their core subjects and only leave for their arts rotation classes. They also move up the art rotation classes to the same floor as the classrooms, so ( Read more... )

I officially hate my job.........what else is new?

It's all I can do to restrain myself.

On a positive note I have fall break Thursday and Friday!

Ok, enough is enough with people shooting other people.........especially in schools. That is really making me want to get out of bed and go to work in the morning ( Read more... )

Wahoo for Fridays! That means two days of no cussing and fussing. Really, though I have to just laugh at the stuff that happens at work. Today I had some student come in that I have never seen before and he told me to shut up and called me a little girl. I think that tops the throwing of the chalk incident ( Read more... )

We'll see how long this last but I want to keep in touch with those I can't see in person anymore.

I'm teaching............still in IPS. Lets just leave my job at that. I will say that I have seen and experienced things that would make a good book.

Not too much else to tell except the pic is of my cat Job. He is a sweetheart.