A typical day involves waking at 5:30, doing some back and stomach exercises, eating breakfast, making lunch, feeding the dogs and getting them fresh water. I leave around 6:30 and can get to school in about 10 minutes.
I arrive and we have morning devotions at 7am. Then we have about 30-40 minutes until the students show up at 8. Everyone in the school (200 students) lines up in a covered area and then disperses from there. I have a pastoral group which is the year 12 & 13 (11th & 12th graders) that I see 3 times a week - and do devotions w/ them (or at least that is the idea) 2 times b/c there is another guy who does it the third day. I typically teach 3 different classes each day for about 4 hours total (I have double-period classes on many days). We get a 20 minute break at 10am and then a ONE (whole) hour lunch at 12. So, really, it is a great schedule. Obviously there are all the other things that have to get fit in -- staff meetings, homework grading, planning, creating quizzes and tests -- this takes a fair amount of time b/c practically nothing is available for years 10, 11, and 12/13. I typically leave around 4:30 or so.
I will eat w/ Doug and Heidi a couple times a week and have tended to have one other invitation each week to someone's house for dinner which has been nice. I get home, make sure I have everything ready to go for the next day, shower, watch some DVD (lately I have been watching 'The Unit' season 2), put the dogs up on the upstairs deck, and go to sleep around 9:30. That is pretty much a day in the life. Queue the music... I read the news today, oh boy...
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it sounds like you're settling in to a routine. hopefully you're leaving enough time to work on your decorating skills!
hey Mr. Collins, its Ayesha Alam from sycamore high school. you know the girl you met in Mr. Lothrop's class every morning during first bell. well i just wanted to see how you were doing and i wanted to say hello. so whenever you get this blog just respond whenever you can and i will greatly appreciate it. thanks,
Ayesha, it is great to hear from you -- I do not have your email, so I will just hope that you stop back and check this out. You said "the girl I met in Mr. Lothrop's class every morning during first bell" -- but I think it would be closer to say "every other morning during first bell"! So, what are you up to these days?
well I'm just undergoing another fun year in math class but this year i have Mr. Boyll for trigonometry and he is really nice. This is my last year in high school and i am just taking it nice and slow. Well its nice to hear from you too and i hope your having a lot of fun. Thanks for responding and sorry for my late response...talk to u soon
well, apparently a normal day doesn't include updating your blog b/c we haven't heard from you in ages!
Sounds like you are enjoying your new career. I am very happy for you.
feliz navidad if I don't hear from you soon.
Gina
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