The Last Day

Well, I took the weekend off and did not do any posting to this blog. I also didn't get much of my homework done for my "Methods" class, so I will need to stay after school for an hour or so today and get it done.

Today feels like a "Last Day" for me, because I will not be back tomorrow. Tomorrow, the cohort starts the "STEPS" lessons. These are classes to refine our teaching techniques. We will be going from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday. On Tuesdays, I (and the rest of the business teachers to be in PP) will leave at 3:00 p.m. to get to our "Methods" class, which will last until 6:00 p.m. This will make for some long, long days.

On Mondays at CLP, if you remember, students have all 8 of their classes for about 44 minutes. Not much gets done during this time, but I will be able to see all of my kids, at least. I have been telling each class that I will only be here on Mondays for the next 5-6 weeks or so. Some seem like they are concerned that I won't around for awhile. Others seem like they could care less. Such are Junior High Schoolers, I suppose. Of course, next Monday is Labor Day, so I won't really be back at CLP for two weeks. This will seem like a very long time.

I will really miss the kids. I have grown fond of quite a few of them in a very short time. I know that I will be able to stop in on Mondays, but I will be out of the flow of the classes and will not be able to see the little, day to day improvements that go on.