35 days and counting! I am really getting excited about going to Cozumel and diving. I will be doing my CPR certification here soon with our athletic trainer---a prerequisite for Rescue Diver. All my ducks are in a row, but of course I will check this weekend to make sure anything I have forgotten gets taken care of before I leave.
This couldn't come at a better time. Work is.....not good. All the legislative changes have caused us (as a faculty) to spend time creating tests to evaluate our kids that are then used to evaluate US....rather than spending our time on USEFUL things, such as actually planning creative lessons. :/ Morale is pretty low overall...and we are a GOOD school. I can only imagine what it is like elsewhere.
And let's not overlook the fact that I just learned a major award is going to a teacher who not only friends students on Facebook, but has them to to his/her home socially. No, they do not have a child in this building, so this isn't friends of their child, it is socially with the teacher. That's creepy. But it's all about what department you are in and who you cozy up to around here.....
This summer will hopefully refresh my attitude about teaching and the environment in which I work. Right now I am not fond of either.
