Its starting again.

Well, tomorrow I start teaching again. My room is ready. My lesson is ready. My clothes for the week are in the dryer. The only thing not really ready is me. Its hard to say goodbye to the freedom of summer. Its hard to admit regrets for not taking full advantage of it. And it is hard to head back into the drama of co-workers and thirteen year-olds. I find the thought of the first day of school a little stressful. It is the day I meet, simultaneously, the kids who I am going to love to death and the ones who will leave me frustrated at the thought of another day of dealing with them. Its quite a whirlwind, really. There is no escaping it--summer is over. Here is to the best teaching year yet!

I made a LO today of my first class of students. They were my students for 5 weeks during a summer school teacher training institute and I shared them with my collaborative teachers. Funny thing is, they were going into 2nd grade when I taught them and they are now in 7th grade (the grade I teach). Time really does fly. My next group of students (my first class that I had all year) were fourth graders and they are entering high school this year. I never thought I'd teach that long and it makes me realize how quickly time flies!