A Day in the Life

     Thinking back to this time last year I remember being uptight about what next year would bring.  I had already applied to Teach for America and was in the process of applying to the Mississippi Teacher Corps.  Even though I was certain that I wanted to teach in a high-needs area I was uncertain about what a typical day in the life of a first year would be like.  For this blog I will document a standard day in the life a myself – a first year teacher.

6:15 = Alarm goes off, I never press snooze

6:15 – 6:30 = Shower and get dressed

6:30 – 6:45 = Consume a blueberry bagel and 6oz. of a coke and watch Sportscenter

6:50 = Arrive at school

7:00 = First students arrive in my room to wait for the day to start

7:20 = My room is full and I have 28 minutes of babysitting

7:25 = Students get loud so we start a game a hangman, winner gets 6 tickets

7:48 = Students dismissed for 1^st period

7:55 = First period starts along with bellringer

8:00 = Announcements come on and I issue consequences to those talking

8:52 = Compensatory class begins with MCT2 review

9:42 = Planning Period begins and I rethink why I'm in Mississippi

9:43 = Realize why I'm in Mississippi

10:00 – 10:15 = Read my Bible and mentally prepare for the next four periods

10:36 – 3:00 = The race to the afternoon begins aka periods 4 – 7.  Learning certainly occurs as well as a moment of chaos or two.

3:00 = Afternoon announcements begin, 7^th period class cleans room and straightens desks so they can go on computers and play P-I-G.

3:30 = All students are dismissed except car riders and walkers

3:45 = Car Riders and Walkers are dismissed

3:46 = Faculty is told to meet in the library for the faculty meeting that will begin in 2 minutes.

4:15 = Daily faculty meeting begins

4:29 = Look at what my roommate is doodling during meeting

4:43 - 4:56 = Insane inclusion teacher wastes peoples time with outrageous ideas

5:15 = Faculty meeting ends

5:16 = Punch out and head home

5:17 = Get into car and respond to texts from my girlfriend

5:20 = Arrive home and make a roast beef and cheese sandwich with baby spinach and buffalo Doritos.  Talk to my therapist aka 2nd year roommate.

5:40 = Take a shower and buckle down to work

5:50 – 8:15 = Lesson Plan/Grade/Call Parents/Take care of business

8:15 – 8:45 = Talk to my girlfriend and parents

8:45 = Send out an email to my girlfriend and a few first years

8:55 - 8:57 = Free Time

8:57 = Pack my bag

9:00 = Turn two fans on climb into bed and pass out