Only two more days to put up with the evil woman who is my district supervisor.... I think she's threatened by me and so I am public enemy number one. No matter what I say I am wrong, stupid, or otherwise incorrect. Only she uses much bigger words to tell me this. The other day I had an evaluation and she said my lesson was "didactic, behavioralistic, and simplistic". Then she had the nuts to ask me if I understood those words. I wanted to say, yeah, I do... do you? So it comes to my mind that she is someone that I will NOT miss in Waterbury. So, this makes me think it might be helpful to make a list of things I will miss and things I will not miss...sort of a pros and cons list.

Things I will not miss:
Traffic
The annoying recording when I call to a kid's home "the person you are calling does not accept blocked calls...please unblock the caller ID before placing your call....."
Insane numbers of teen pregnancies (48 this school year alone)
Gang crap (just let them all kill each other far away from here)
The state oversight board that governed our teacher contracts
Lack of funding
Lack of supplies
Lack of a raise for four years and no cost of living increase !!!!!!!!!!
The 2 1/2 hours daily spent in my car
The $90 a week spent in gas driving to and from work

Things I will miss:
my kids
my friend Luanne
my friend Denise
my friend Shannon
administrators that support my decisions and listen to me
how I made my classroom like a home away from home

Things I am scared of:
not knowing my way around the school
not keeping the kids busy enough
not knowing "the system"
not liking middle school kids
not being good at teaching middle school kids

Well, my husband doesn't know what to do with me, but he is offering ice cream. Sounds like a good solution for now. Although weight issues abound...... I can only take on one thing at a time. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.