Summer has ended at an usually early date...how can the first day of preplanning be on July 31? Here it is already. For many years, I would lie awake before the first day, nervous and excited, sad for my free time yet looking forward to seeing everyone again. And, although I seldom admit it, excited about seeing my new students. How could I make the new year better?
Nowadays, I am an insomniac who is usually awake in the night anyway. I don't feel that same level of excitement. Still, it's my last first day, since I am going to retire in May. How will I feel next year when they start without me? (All "mature" teachers believe the school really cannot operate without them.)
No, I'm not too excited to go back already. However, I have been thinking over what supplies to get with the $100 credit card we Georgia teachers receive from our governor. The $100 is just enough to expand the imagination--like one of those writing assignments I used to give ninth graders, "What would you do with $100?" I bought fairly mundane supplies last year: pencils, notebook paper, magic highlighters. Well, they were magic. My high school juniors who were somewhat reluctant to read literature were very pleased to highlight anything rather than take notes or whatever. Also, I noticed that the highlighters were magical enough to disappear by the end of the year!
I need to go to bed, so I won't doze off in an important meeting of some sort.
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