Chomping at the Bit.

No, I still haven't started teaching. I start next Tuesday (after Labor Day). But, I am doing my morning commute tomorrow -- setting the alarm for 5:45am and getting to school at 7am. So begins my life as a sleep-deprived teacher...

I have more training this week at my school -- getting to know the people and the neighborhood. I'm really excited about that and I'm even more excited about getting the room ready for my kids. I have the class roster in my hand right now...18 (!) lovely scholars. Of those names, I can actually pronounce 7. I'm thinking of making their locker and desk tags tonight! Wee! Artsy!

Apparently, my school has been burglarized every weekend for the past six weeks. Tomorrow will be the moment of truth to see whether or not it is going to be seven weeks in a row. The officials suspect kids...I do too, if only because they stole all of the candy out of the vending machine in the Teacher's Lounge. It is interesting to note that they left the Almond Joys. Nobody likes those. The police said something about only kids being small enough to fit through the ventilation shafts (which is how they think they got in -- ha!).

My room has been doing okay...I only lost one of my two computers which I think wasn't functioning anyway. A colleague of mine lost her stereo, a BIG television, and two computers. The burglars took the time to search the cabinets in all the classrooms for anything of value.

It's sad when a school that has so little gets robbed of what it has. All the equipment that was stolen had just been donated...