January 29, 2019

1. I see all those snow days happening in the North while Texas just got a cold front.

1a. I don't think we need a weather day this early BUT I may very well need one at some point. Just one since that wouldn't require a make-up day.

1b. February should be the month for one...

2. Speaking of cold weather...why does maintenance do the absolute most with the thermostat? It's cold outside, they crank it up to hell on the inside. It's hot outside, they send you to Antarctica. Just give me a well ventilated 75 and I could make it.

2a. I have a work jacket that I change into like Mr. Rogers just to stay warm.

2b. Then I'm sweating during the winter wearing just a T-shirt...

3. There were visitors on campus today. I don't really get all paranoid about visitors like I did when I first started teaching and it was like you'll be fired if some strangers see some thing they don't like. Now I'm like you're going to get this authentic teaching and these authentic students because they are who I have everyday and we are doing just fine. No need for a dog and pony show.

3a. The kids however.....I warn them prior to just to be on their best behavior. They are their usual loud selves then somebody walks by and it's dead silence. Headphones are yanked out and everybody is at attention and I'm looking like wtf...don't be scared now! Keep being your bad self!

3b. Then you always have that one kid that doesn't care and is doing the absolute most regardless of anyone's protest which they don't realize only makes them look like a psychopath.

4. I covered a class during my off period. So first of all blah! But it was a Pre-Ap class and I got to see all the nerdy kids and it reminded me of my youth...the smart socially/traditional "popular" kids, the hardcore nerds that make everything an academic debate, the GT kids that have been tracked here because they were exceptional in like 3rd grade....I was like man it would be awesome to teach these kids. Then I heard them talking that hot stuff about their teachers and then realizing they are only miniature versions of their parents and I was like I'm good with the general population.

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