The Day After Conferences

[stevenpiziks]

Today I woke up still physically and emotionally tired, and I still had to teach all day.  In the good old days, we had the day after conferences off as a comp day, but recently the district switched to all buildings having the same comp day in order to save money with busing.  It's nice having a four-day weekend over Memorial Day, but it's horrible the day after conferences.

 

I taught all my classes all day.  I could have thrown videos in, but I'm enough of a perfectionist that I can't bring myself to do that unless conditions are truly extreme.  At lunchtime, I did go out.  My prep period falls during the lunch period, so I get ninety minutes for lunch if I want it, and I had to get away from the damn school building.  I drove to a little restaurant a ways away and had a hot lunch.  Felt a little better and returned for the second half of the day, though by seventh hour, I was exhausted again.

 

I fled the building the moment the final bell rang and arrived home feeling tired, annoyed, and anti-social.  Ten will get you five that tomorrow the absentee rate among staff will be high.  I ain't subbing on my prep period if they fall short of subs, I can tell you that.