So, I am officially...- Page 2

[Atrias]

re: So, I am officially...#25

Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:08pm

Aaah! That's awesome, Kel! I'm so happy for you!

[singingwendy]

re: So, I am officially...#26

Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:20pm

"I am ridiculously excited and nervous at the same time. I just want August to get here so I can start teaching."

Spoken like a true first year teacher. Let's see what you say next June!

You know I'm kidding! But I am enjoying my time off...even though I'm going back to do summer school next week....

[orangeskittles]

re: So, I am officially...#27

Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:20pm

Congratulations, Kel! I'm so glad this worked out for you!

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[WickedGeek28]

re: So, I am officially...#28

Posted: 6/11/07 at 11:46pm

I'm going to school to become a teacher, so I can only imagine how you feel.

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[cturtle]

re: So, I am officially...#29

Posted: 6/11/07 at 11:52pm

welcome to the front lines

RIP glebby <3

[miss pennywise]

re: So, I am officially...#30

Posted: 6/12/07 at 12:00am

Congratulations, Kel! We're all thrilled for you (and the kids you'll be teaching)!

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[etoile]

re: So, I am officially...#31

Posted: 6/12/07 at 12:53am

How exciting for you. I hope it's everything you want it to be.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

[brdlwyr]

re: So, I am officially...#32

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:03am

Watch out for parents like me!

Congrats!

[sweetestsiren]

re: So, I am officially...#33

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:06am

Congrats, Kel! That's awesome.

[erikaamato]

re: So, I am officially...#34

Posted: 6/12/07 at 10:16am

Wonderful news! Go get' em!

[mominator]

re: So, I am officially...#35

Posted: 6/12/07 at 10:22am

Well done Kel! many congrats!

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." Conan O'Brien

[KelRel]

re: So, I am officially...#36

Posted: 6/12/07 at 12:58pm

Thanks again guys. I am getting ready to head out the door to sign the official paperwork and check out my classroom.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[RockabyeHamlet]

re: So, I am officially...#37

Posted: 6/12/07 at 1:42pm

Congratulations And Good Luck!!!

"I wouldn't let Esparza's Bobby take my kids to the zoo...I'd be afraid he'd steal their ice cream and laugh."- YankeeFan
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee

[ikmbway]

re: So, I am officially...#38

Posted: 6/12/07 at 3:29pm

Congrats!!

[singingwendy]

re: So, I am officially...#39

Posted: 6/12/07 at 3:47pm

So Kel, how is the room? How many students will you have in your class next year?

I have to add that I am completely jealous, because I was just evicted from my music room...that's right I'm homeless next year.....and spent last week packing and sorting the entire classroom to get ready for a partial hospitization class.

[KelRel]

re: So, I am officially...#40

Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:11pm

I feel bad because when I saw my room I instantly thought of you Wendy. I am taking over the art teacher's room. I feel bad about that, but it wasn't my call so there's not much I can do.

That being said, my room is fantastic. It is huge and I will only have 20 students- 10 boys, 10 girls. I got all of my teacher's manuals and curriculum stuff so that's what I'll be sorting through for the foreseeable future.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[Glebb]

re: So, I am officially...#41

Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:17pm

Sounds great KelRel!

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

[AbbaRabbit]

re: So, I am officially...#42

Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:17pm

congrats! those are some lucky kids!

i had a "homeless" teacher in high school. he would bring everything on a cart from room to room. we never had class in the same room.

Less is more
Ugly is beautiful
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[singingwendy]

re: So, I am officially...#43

Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:23pm

Kel, glad everything looks great. Is the school growing and adding an additional 4th grade?

Just so you know, I'm not at all upset with the teachers of the class who are kicking me out, I'm annoyed with the upper level administration who has decided that special ed is more important that regular ed, and music and art aren't that important. I can't even be mad at my principal because she had no say in the whole decision. But this is not my post for venting...it's to congratulate the great new teacher!!!

[KelRel]

re: So, I am officially...#44

Posted: 6/13/07 at 10:58am

That does stink Wendy, I hope that they are able to find a room for you soon. I do know that at my school they will have a room for the art teacher again as soon as the construction is finished. The school has grown so that we need to have some classes in trailers. By this time next year we should all have our own permanent classrooms.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[DG]

re: So, I am officially...#45

Posted: 6/13/07 at 11:05am

At least they still HAVE an art teacher!

[KelRel]

re: So, I am officially...#46

Posted: 6/13/07 at 12:01pm

True. It is a small self funded school so they don't have much outside pressure to get rid of the arts programs there.

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.

[Dollypop]

re: So, I am officially...#47

Posted: 6/13/07 at 12:06pm

Please accept my condolences.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[singingwendy]

re: So, I am officially...#48

Posted: 6/13/07 at 12:26pm

I hate to sound so down about it, but I don't envision getting my room back any time soon. The class that we're getting will be in our building for 3 years...at least to start. We also have another special needs class in our building.....and if I'm being completely honest...it's all these special ed classes that are taking away the music, art and computer rooms and even a few libraries.

The boom in special education...plus the fact that our school district gets extra money for each class they choose to accept.....means that most of the music teachers (and now art teachers) on the elementary school level are without a room. I understand that special education children need to be educated as well, but to take away a room that was used by 600 students last year for 10 kids??? Doesn't seem to me like the best use of space. But as our union rep said...." 'regular' kids don't have any rights...special ed kids do"

[KelRel]

re: So, I am officially...#49

Posted: 6/13/07 at 12:51pm

DP, while I do appreciate that you teach in a difficult area, if you really feel that teaching is that depressing a career choice why not quit? Please do not come on to this thread spreading your negativity for a career that brings joy (and yes, frustration as well) to so many. Teaching is a career in which you can change lives for the better or in some cases for the worse. Which are you doing?

"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.