Signed in at 6.06 am.  Alphabetized period 1 and 2 folders.  Will do period 6 later.  Dug through the silver reclamation bin to find someone's missing negatives.  I got the death stare yesterday when he couldn't find his folder.  To be honest, the end of last year and the beginning of this year have been so discombobulated, I have no idea whether someone threw it out, took it home by mistake...  Hopefully his negatives are there. When I saw the stare, I said I felt like when I pissed off the hubby but he won't tell me why.  I just get the attitude.  Ooof.  It hurts.  I want to make this right.  I have big plans for him and his shooting this year.

I am giving my baseline assessments today.  It is a half day so that eliminates the issue of what to do with the kids for the remainder of the period without overloading their brains with new information that they will inevitably forget over the holiday weekend.  I also added a Homework page to my teacher website.  That should help with the "I didn't know we had to have that in today" even though I always write that information on the board.

I also had a long conversation with the rep from the student tour company once I got home.  A quickie dip in the pool to cool off, then phone time.  I cannot ruffle feathers with the new administration, but I have to try to do this trip.  We shall see.  And then I had three people trying to talk to me at once online.  I don't like to give anyone partial attention, so the former student won out.  He hasn't hurt me so he gets my attention first.  I am happy that he is ready for college to start.  He is prioritizing in a wonderful way and I want to encourage him to do even better - meet his full potential.  All the kids hate reading in high school.  He let me know that his classmates so far surprised him with their work ethic.  So I asked if he is reading anything.  He isn't.  But I found that I kept myself on par with my peers by reading, reading, reading, so I want to get it through to him that he should finding areas to read up on so that when those college discussions come up, he can contribute in a meaningful way.  I didn't really convey that well last night, but I will try to do a better job later.

I also fixed my teacher course pages on the portal.  All my photocopies are done for today - no wrestling colleagues for a spot in line. One copier left standing as of eighth period yesterday.  Holy crap!  Blood will be shed, but it won't be mine.  I confirmed one college visitation/portfolio review and responded to another college for a second one.    Now I have to find area photo exhibits, print out the information, and post them on my Exhibitions bulletin board in the room.

Phew....