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Day 80: Still Syncing iPads (8/13)

Son of a *****, I am still syncing these iPads. I hope I can get it done before school starts. Out of 35 iPads, I have 12 that are giving me some fits.

Day 77: Syncing iPads (8/10)

I GOT iPADS FOR MY CLASSROOM THIS YEAR!! I am super excited! I didn't have them last year and was always checking them out from the library. I was so lucky to get them this year. I went up to the school today to learn how to sync them and create profiles. It was harder than I thought and I didn't get it done today. It was running really slow and there were so problems. I know that I will have to continue doing this for a few days. However, you can't rain on my parade because I have a class set of iPads!!

Day 72: Feed the Children (8/5)

Once a month, teachers of different districts are able to get free supplies from Feed the Children. Sami Jo and I decided to check out the first day it was open. WOW! There were a lot of teachers there! Whataburger was sponsoring the event and was giving out free food. I don't think it was such a good idea to go on the first day. A lot of the good stuff was gone by the time we got in. Oh well, there's always September. :)

Day 35: Showing Off (12/5)

My new wallpaper and I love when it goes up on the Smart board and it riles the kids up!

Day 129: OKC Public School Computer (9/28)

Working for OKC Public School (OKCPS) has it advantages. For starters, every teacher gets their own laptop. I had to wait for a bit on mine but I finally receive it earlier this month.

Because I am who I am, I could carry it in the boring black bag so I look around and found this Vera Bradley on Craigslist for a good deal!

I love it! It's so perfect for carrying the laptop everyday because a disadvantage of working for OKCPS is that you can't leave expensive stuff overnight at the school!

Day 103: Amazing Schedule (9/2)

So this year, I have one of the best schedules a teacher could ask for!!

My day starts at 8:50 and classes start at 9:20. At Jefferson we get two hours off; however most of the week we have a scheduled meeting either with our Team, our grade level, or our subject. About 2-3 times a week I get two hours off.

My Time Blocks (TB) off are TB 4 and TB 5. So if you're reading the schedule I stop teaching at 11:55 and don't have another class until 2:10!! To sum up I teach 3 classes then have 2 hours off (most of the time a meeting in one of those TBs!!) and then teach 2 classes!!

It freaking a-maz-ing!!

Day 99: New Common Occurrence (8/29)

Now that school has started, this has quickly become a common occurrence. Eating lunch at my desk and getting ready for the next hour, the next day, the next week...

Sometimes I wonder if people know how much work goes into teaching; how many hours we spend "off the clock" working to improve. Improve our lessons, our presentation or grading papers, worrying about a student, or thinking what if I did this instead of that. I have always told people that it's more than just 40 hours a week and once you leave the building it's not really over until May.