Hello friends, family, and strangers (I flatter myself)! I am a recently-graduated girl finding my way in the "real world" (apparently, I've been floating around the fake world for the past two decades). Many of my friends' "real world"s consist of cubicles, nine-to-fives, marriage, babies, and other such grown-up things. My real world looks a little different. Yes, I still get up and go to work every morning, same as they do. But instead of battling fax machines, computer programs, disgruntled spouses and dirty diapers, I arm myself against a legion of 14-year-old boys. Well, 83 of them to be exact. You see, I teach 8th-grade boys' Science in an inner-city, high-poverty school. What it is not: glamorous, prestigious, boring. What it is: humorous, heartbreaking, and the most challenging thing I will ever do.

The stories I tell and the people I describe are real; you can't make this stuff up. If you are new to my blog, I hope you'll start at the beginning and fall in love with its characters, just as I have.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Started Back at One

"I like yo watch." x6 (only funny if you've seen it--it's huge and gaudy)

"You play sports or sumthin'? You look real athletic. Like a volleyball player or sumthin!'" (only funny if you know me)

My boys were mostly quiet today. But they tend to do that the first week, so we'll see.

Walking in lines is still a bitch.

Cecil and his mustache are going to be a lot to handle(bar). Their joined forces have the power to wreak havoc.

I was afraid to show my personality at all today, and class was actually kind of boring (?!). The best part of this job is getting to know the kids, but I'm holding them at arm's length for fear of them becoming too comfortable around me.

Speaking of comfortable, someone in first block got a little too relaxed and let out the most giant fart I've ever heard. I laughed. Good thing I have that air freshener.
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2 comments:

  1. LindseyAugust 26, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    Sounds like a pretty non-eventful first day. Looking forward to seeing how this year develops!

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  2. Lindsey SmithSeptember 1, 2010 at 9:31 AM

    that fart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i would have died!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha

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