Glennalicious

Boo-yah Bronx in da house wha wha!!

But seriously, as glad as I am that you'll be making the reverse commute up to my neck of the woods, I must ask what this "very well organized...staff seems committed...kids really want to succeed " school in the Bronx is? Fieldston? Horace Mann? I'm confused.

Kathy sounds wise.

Good luck in your new school (though I will lurk around your blog between now and then anyway)! Remember, the answer to most math questions is always "3." At least, that was my experience. I may not have attended the best high school, though.

You've also put your time in at the troubled places.

G
Congratulations!

Well, that was disappointing. Shave your balls anyway.

Ha - I suspected the big news might be that you were changing schools (you seem to have angsted over that a lot in the past), but didn't post anything.

Best wishes for you in the new place! If nothing else, the HS kids *might* be a little teeny bit easier to handle than middle school kids. At least that's what I tell myself about why I'm not in a middle school.

Glad to see you are moving forward.

Congratulations! Sometimes we have to just leap and know the net is there. This will be a great thing for you.

PS, shave your balls, it's fabulous.

mucho congrats on your new position, G. and i was hoping to get a tour of your old school while i was in nyc next month. it'd bring back memories of my old teaching days (and might remind me why i changed careers).

Congrats G...
Sound like a great move...
Good for you...

Hey, since you're needing to brush up on your geometry...
Maybe while you're shaving your balls...
You can figure the diameter, circumference and volume of your "globes"...

Hee hee hee...

I said "circumference"....
hee hee hee.

You deserve this. Congratulations.

Now, let's hear about ball shaving.

Congratulations! It sounds like a good move.

And I like Mike's idea above - remember, making the academic content relevant and interesting is a good way to inspire yourself to do that geometry review. ;-)

And here I thought you were re-enlisting in the Peace Corps and headed off to someplace most of us can't spell much less locate on a map. No, seriously. I truly thought it could be the plan.

So, about the real big news and any concerns you might have about it - oh please. You're way smart, yo. Whenever I think about math, you're the first person who comes to mind. Or something like that. Besides, brushing up on geometry, TI-84 calculators, and beginning calculus sounds a lot less traumatic, far more productive and interesting (to a math geek like yourself, that is) than anything else you've been dealing with the past year or so.

In the immortal words of... well, you:

"Woo hoo!"

Congrats, G!

Wow! Best of luck with the new school! And it'll even be closer to home.

Good for you G ... you've definitely done your time on Maple Drive. Here's to an improved and more stimulating work environment! (those kids are damn lucky).

Yay for you! I think you'll love the difference between high school and middle school

Congrats on making the decision.

I'm sure it's the right one!

Congrats! Change is good. Don't feel guilty, move on and become the teacher you wanna be.

I'm happy for you. Always remember that you're never obliged to keep doing things that hurt you.

Wait a minute, did you say TI-EIGHTY-four calculators? My TI-THIRTY was the sh-t back in 1977.

Geez, I go off to Montréal and Ottawa for a week and almost miss the big news. This is awesome - mucho congrats.

When i was in high-school (about 100 years ago), a small group of us 10th grade "keeners" petitioned the school to add advanced math. We finished the 3yr Gov't mandated math plan in 1 and spent grades 11 and 12 doing calculus. It was awesome. Looking back, we really only scratched the surface but we were VERY prepared for the first and second year university level classes!

After our high-school graduation ceremony, the teacher managed our "extra" math said it was a scariest and most existing time in his career (to that date.) I'll bet you'll find the same thing.