Day 1 Back to Bushwick

Rick was asked to set up two computer labs over the summer and busted his ass to do so. Today, oneof his spanking new and functional labs was completely disassembled because they have to schedule 30 kids in the room and they can't fit in the computer lab. Waste of money, time, resources and such a classic example of how overcrowded we are.

Marvin didn't even bother to show up for his contractual days. What chutzpah.

Everyone had to go around and say why they chose to work at our particular school and D said he loved receiving verbal abuse.

They've decided to deal with the should-be seniors who have next to no credits by creating a separate advisory for them which has been dubbed "advisory of the future".

The buzz words for the year will be collaborative teaching and M is clearly steering that train--many teachers are freaked already.

And the best of all.... "instead of spreading out your contractual professional development time over several weeks, we've decided it would be more productive to do it in one day" massive head nodding from staff. "So, we've decided to do it on Martin Luther King Day." A National Holiday. An austere silence falls over the room--it is palpable until finally someone says "do we get to vote on that?" Talk about chutspah! That's one for history. I'd love to see what the UFT would do with them apples.

There are four teachers working in room 407

Moira has 5 periods in a row

Darryl Egad came and talked to me for 20 minutes, yea, I do love my students.
Tiffany Vanderpool called me on my cell phone.
Wilfredo and Jimmy are still Wilfredo and Jimmy.

Our staff is huge. Nate was bellowing.

My TA is a mouse.