Some of the other elementary teachers in my Methods class this weekend shared the news that they had heard from their principals that the Philly schools superintendent might solve the issue of the 5 snow days we have had so far by CANCELING OUR SPRING BREAK instead of tacking them on at the end of…

Today is a SNOW DAY! No work!  This is the second one of the year!  Although it is a shame that this will extend our school year, I don’t care.  I’d rather have the break now instead of delaying gratification.  Especially because last night I started to feel like I was coming down with a…

Think it out!  What sounds? D-u-m-p-s.  I have been just completely down in the dumps lately. Sad, angry, depressed.  Thank G_d my kids make me laugh a lot, because otherwise I am just not a happy person. I just feel like my whole future is uncertain.  I probably will have to get a new job…

It is almost February.  I cannot tell you how much I want February to pass quickly.  Once February is done, that means I just have to get through a few weeks in March, and then Spring Break, and then just April and May.  And then, June should be a breeze.  I can do it! The…

Today, my kids were AWFUL.  Great.  I guess they just tricked me last week, with their amazing behavior.  Today was royally crappy (although still quite good compared to the first month and a half of teaching–nothing can top that!).  They were chatty, mean to each other, my one student who I finally took off a…

The first week was actually kind of good!  Since I have spent the past 2 hours I’ve been awake looking for my dance class card (which I paid $144 for and now believe is lost), cleaning the kitchen and downstairs, and eating breakfast, instead of starting my work, I need to make this a quick…

Winter break was amazing.  And now, it’s back to the grind.  I go back to work tomorrow and I hate to admit it, but I am really depressed and not looking forward to it at all.  I actually have been crying most of the afternoon about it, which surprises me! I did not expect to…

Early this Saturday morning, the snow that the entire city of Philadelphia had been anticipating came down and it definitely came down hard.  I didn’t believe one of the teachers at my school when she said the city literally shut down from a few inches, but she was right! And we actually got almost 2…

I have been sick since the week before Thanksgiving.  That’s almost a month.  Furthermore, this is my third time being sick this year.  I have been holding out from taking the day off but finally this afternoon I gave in and told them that I needed to take a sick day.  So tomorrow I’m not…