Last day of the semester

Tomorrow is the final day of the semester. I say goodbye to all of my Comp I classes. And that's fine with me. I also must say goodbye to my first College Comp class. They were a great bunch. I had a couple guys who needed a kick once in awhile and I had a few girls who whined now and again. But overall, they are the best bunch of kids I've ever had. I'll miss them.

Now I turn my attention to two American Lit classes and a new group of College Comp students. My prep block goes from third to first. That's okay. I'm good with first block prep. I get a lot of work done. But then it's American Lit, College Comp, second lunch, and then American Lit. It'll be a hectic day after first block.

I swear I don't know what our counseling office thinks most of the damned time. No American Lit classes were offered first semester. So now third quarter, we have three American Lit classes. The only problem is that we don't have nearly enough textbooks for that number of kids. Ridiculous. So now Lisa (the other American Lit teacher) and I have decided that I'll teach short stories for the first half of the quarter (so we'll have enough textbooks for the kids to take home) and she will teach "To Kill a Mockingbird." Then we'll just switch at midquarter. You'd think in a school district our size such things wouldn't be a problem

But, then again, you'd think a lot wouldn't go on in a school district our size. But it does. Whatdya gonna do?

I'm out of here early today. I have to pick Koko up from 'Fun and Fitness' at her elementary school by 4:30. Then I've got to run - I'm up to a mile and a half. After that we have a girls' basketball game in RLF tonight.