I reported to work today. Pretty interesting. There was a whole crop of new teachers … about eight of us. Many of us are there with alternative certification, too. The teachers and administration all seem pretty nice. Sounds like they don’t take any crap from the kids; from what the VP said, he suspends liberally.
I got my schedule today. Hmm. The time I spent making lesson plans for English I and II was … well … misspent. My English class is called English Foundations and will be made up of 10th graders needing remedial instruction. We’ll be going over nouns and verbs and reading comprehension exercises.
I do have a creative writing class. The surprise was learning I’ll be teaching a science fiction class. So, my mind is racing on what books I can teach in the nine-week sci-fi class. That was answered for me. They have lots of copies of Orson Scott Card’s ENDER’S GAME. Of course, I’ve never read it. I don’t really care for science fiction, ya know. Horror, then fantasy. Well, I can see about changing the text later on. Oh, and it’s just the one book, I guess. Another English teacher said he spends five weeks teaching TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Five weeks! On one novel. Wow.
Anyway, that’s it. Three classes. The school is on the block schedule. My planning period is fourth block, which is good because the kids get rowdier later in the day.
In other news … nothing to report.
Steven E. Wedel 
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