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[mshea]

So, today I finished setting up my new classroom. It's small (my biggest class is 6 kids) so it was more of a space planning challenge than a decorating one. I finally did the English teacher thing and placed inspirational quotes by authors and philosophers around the room. I managed to work in a Neil Gaiman quote, which pleased me immensely

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[flameprincess]

Brownie points for the Neil Gaiman quote. Which one did you go with?

I wish you all the luck and whatever else you will need for this year.

[sleepweasel]

That's awesome - I think that the fantasy of setting up one's own classroom must be sort of like the fantasy of having one's own office.

But it's new - did you switch schools? New job?

[mshea]

My classroom is actually also my office (they gave me a laptop with a printer!) so it's kind of a two-for-one. I'm really excited about it.

I should probably post about my job, huh?

[mshea]

The quote is actually from an issue of Sandman.

"Sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

My students tend to have a very low opinion of their own abilities, so I try to drive home the point that the best way to learn is to make mistakes and then work at fixing them.

Thanks for the luck!