Students arrive on Monday. My room is better than it ever has been, and I feel ready. Friday was a last minute touch up, and running through of things I need.
As part of our faculty meeting, we were shown statistics of how many students per grade and subject were below proficient. Some scary numbers for some grade/subjects. Then they handed out personalized lists, to show all students we taught. Out of over 100 students, only 8 of mine were below proficient, and at least two had emotional difficulties (basically they were rebelling and refused to do anything in class, period) that probably kept them from doing better. A good feeling.
Today I cut down the dry erase boards into 1x1 squares, for the modern equivalent of the 19th century slate and chalk. Just need to run some sort of tape along the edges to keep kids from destroying them.
On the entertainment front, currently starting the quadrology that begins with Twilight (soon to be released as a major motion picture). So far, so good. Movie-wise, getting caught up with some recommendations from my friend the art teacher. Watched Waitress last night (alone - Olympics Opening Ceremonies won), and started watching Knocked Up today. Not finishing it, though, since somebody wanted to watch a terrible movie on SciFi.
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