Monday, November 2, 2009

A Day in the Life...

Some of you may be wondering what a typical day looks like for a first year teacher. If you fit into this category, allow me to break a typical morning for you.

5:00 AM My first alarm usually goes off. I fumble around, and depending on how much I need to get done at school in the morning and my immediate need of a shower, I either get my butt up, or I set the snooze for 30 minutes.

5:15 AM Shower time, make up time, hair time

5:45 AM Breakfast? Yes.

6:00 AM Brush teeth, scramble to find keys, papers, throw a lunch together, find cell phone and shoes

6:15 AM Out the door! Time for my commute, which I lovingly think of as the reason I will someday have high blood pressure.

6:45 AM At school, and it is usually still dark out. Time to sign in, check my box, put my lunch in the faculty work room, and go unlock my door. Now I can clean my desk, which probably looks like a national disaster area, update my board for today's objectives, and print off any last-minute papers. If I'm really ambitious, I'll update my grades and/or get the rest of the week's lesson plans in order. Also a great time to check out celebrity gossip!

7:45 AM Students come in for homeroom, and my whirl-wind of a day starts!


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