Blog#1

I think a lot of teachers feel as I do--that there's a point in August when we're ready to go back. That point hasn't hit me yet. I did go to Laskeshore today (the "teacher store")to pick up a lesson plan book and while doing so, another teacher came up to me to do the same, she asked, "it's sad isn't?" meaning that summer's almost over. Yes and no. I always look forward to September 1st even though it's still summer-time hot in the suburbs of NY where I live and work. I think it's a throw back to when I was a school loving kid. Anyway, I'm not excited to go back in a couple of weeks, but I will be. It will be an interesting year--the big tenure year for me. This excites me not so much that it means more job security, but rather, after a mid-life career change, two years underemployed and underpaid as a teaching assistant, and my disasterous first year in my master's level position, the one I'm in now, it will feel like a proud accomplishment. A lot to get through the next ten months, it's a long way off, but the journey begins with a single blogging step.