Thursday, September 04, 2008

Average day of a first year teacher

Apologies to my lovelies ... in the past two weeks, my daily schedule has been:

5:00-5:30am: Wake up, grumble about it being too early, get out of bed

5:30-6:00am: Eat breakfast, read paper/email, tell myself that I better hurry and shower

6:00-7:00am: Take a shower (shave legs if wearing a skirt), apply makeup, decide on outfit

7:00am: Aack! I'm late! Alas! I must still pack my lunch!

7:05-7:10am: Pack lunch and head out the door

7:10-7:55am: Commute. Mostly on a road which has one lane of traffic in each direction. I'm screwed if a schoolbus or a slowpoke is driving in front of me. (Note: I tried passing a slow car on the first day of school and was pulled over by a cop who clocked me at my passing speed. Lucky for me, I didn't receive a ticket because he was paged about some sort of emergency and he let me go. NOW: No more attempts at passing.)

8:00am-5:30pm: Sign in at school, begin planning time, morning duty, more planning, teach classes, eat lunch with the other adults, more planning

5:30-6:30pm: Commute home during rush hour.

6:30pm: Arrive home exhausted. Debate over taking a nap. Decide not to take a nap because that will mess up my sleeping schedule.

6:30-9:00pm: Eat dinner, do the homework I brought home (grading, creating materials for class, lesson planning, etc.), maybe allow myself some time to unwind by checking email, blogs & the 'book

9:00-10:00pm: Talk with Westley

10:00pm: Go to bed.

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