Wow - a week since my last posting. Had no idea. It's been a week of motivational speakers (great, by the way!), team-building, celebrating reaching Recognized by TEA, a biggie; procedures, elections, etc, etc. Coming home with feet very angry at all the hard work after being pretty lazy all summer, a sore back from sitting in little hiney chairs at Primary, and so on. Too tired and pre-occupied to post....
Thursday was "Meet the Teacher Night." I wish I could explain to those of you not teachers how the beginning of school feels; at least at the Elementary level. Shiny, happy yet hesitant faces looking at class lists to see who the teacher will be. Parents coming in carrying $50. worth of school supplies that will be used up by Nov., new shoes and clothes and haircuts. Familiar faces you want to kiss - or hide from - and new ones you want to know. I love it every year.
I work in an old building called the Alamo because the facade in the front "looks like" the Alamo in SA. Every year, parents come in to bring their children to meet their teachers and exclaim, "This is where I went to school! Boy, it looks different!" Not better, necessarily, but different. They want to stand there in the halls and remember how it felt, and return to those days of their youth. It's always a neat thing to witness.
Now, the kids come. The doors will unlock at 7:50 Monday, and by 8:30, it will feel like we never had summer. Halls quiet, kids listening, teachers instructing. It's a wonderful day, full of new friends, and high hopes.
I love the beginning of school!
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