The World According to Leslie

Today is the first day of 2nd semester! I get all new kids.  This semester, I have 10th graders!  I’m a little excited!   This means we are in the countdown until Spring Break.  After Spring Break is the countdown until the end of  the year!   Only 90 days of school left for the year!   Today is the day Tony and I get to start eating normally again.  For the past 21 days, beginning on Jan. 1st, we were participating in the Daniel Fast that our church was doing.  It was hard at times. It was very interesting at times.  Sometimes you just want to quick because you want a burger!    The Daniel Fast is part of the reason I haven’t written anything in a while.  I totally believe that you should not broadcast what you are doing for God.  I’m not broadcasting it now.  I’m saying that we did it; it’s over. We can eat normally.    We are planning a trip to Golden Corral for supper tonight!

Today is the first day of the new semester.  WOW!  I can't believe I'm this nervous.  I have my syllabus all typed and copied!  I have all my info handouts ready. I have everything ready for the first day!  However.....  I am nervous!  I'm guessing it is meeting the new kids.  Since I teach at a high school, I get new kids today.  My previous students were WONDERFUL!  (Considering the school, I can't imagine that these kids will be any different!) I just guess that I'm anxious about meeting new people.  :)  Don't get me wrong!  I'm ready!  I have plenty do to in class today!  I just have First Day Jitters!  :) 

Monday was a day off school.  We celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. day.  (I posted about that here .) Yesterday was a Teacher Workday . Today the students are taking the final exam (last class) that they were supposed to have taken on Friday.  They get out for 1/2 the day.  As soon as I get my grades and stuff in the computer and get a couple more copies made, I am out for the day too.  (I might go have lunch with the Princess, if I can swing it!) Tomorrow begins a new semester.  I get new students.  The students all get new classes, new teachers.  I work in a high school.  We have 4 classes first semester and 4 different ones second semester.  Luckily for me, I only have to tweak what I did first semester because I am teaching the same thing this semester.  First semester, I only had 8 kids in my largest class.  This semester, my largest class will be 14.  That will be the biggest difference for me.  I have ...

As you know, I am a high school teacher.  In the county where I teach (and in many places now) the classes run on a 4X4 block schedule.  This means that the students have 4 classes from August until January; then they change classes and have 4 different classes from January to June. Right now, we are in the final days of the first semester.  The students only have this week (5 days) and then Monday of next week of "regular" classes.  Then they have four days of exams--one each day.  That means that next week, the students will get out of school early on Tuesday thru Friday.  Then we have our Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and a teacher workday the following week.  I can't believe that I only have these kids for 6 more days and an exam.  I'm a little excited to see what my new kids will be like, but I have gotten so used to these kids.  They are FABULOUS!!!  I can't imagine having a better group.  (I am going to double my numb...