Note: This is being posted late because I fell asleep at the wrong end of the bed at 9 p.m. Yeah I was tired.
First day of the second semester, and for a day I didn't do much, it kicked my butt. We had an extended Christmas break due to winter "storm" that hit Indy, so we are coming back a week later than anticipated. The break was good, and bad at times, but mostly good. I'm fairly excited about this next semester 12b is literature and we are reading Vonnegut, I have a blended class (it meets half in class and half online), and I am teaching creative writing! I'm very excited about the creative writing and can't wait to get started. It's an extra prep for me this semester compared to last, but my enthusiasm for teaching creative writing outweighs the extra work it will be. I'm hoping my students enjoy the class as much as I do. Outside of cw, I'm excited but nervous to teach Slaughter-House Five to my seniors. Excited because I love Vonnegut, but nervous because it can be difficult and many of these kids don't read more than 140 characters at a time. Hopefully I can get them engaged with the text and they will enjoy it as well.
Today I really only handed out syllabi, discussed what my classes were going to be like, and became acquainted with my students. Even so, this day put me on my back when I got home. I was laying in bed, being warden of the upstairs, listening for the thump of kids getting out of bed, and I sort of just passed out. I guess I shouldn't have laid down, or maybe I should have gone to bed before 2 a.m. the previous three weeks.
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