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October 05, 2006
School is still good
Please don't be annoyed with me. I know that I just keep raving and gushing to everyone. I guess I'm becoming the educational equivalent of those proud parents who had a string of hideous evil children, but finally have a pretty, smart, and well adjusted child. Maybe that's a bad analogy.
Okay, just like the perfect child, my new school isn't perfect. Every day I have to leap through the dog poop obstacle course within the three final blocks of my school. Apparently no owner of a dog in that area feels like they should pick up poop. New York is not a great place for clean sidewalks, but my school's neighborhood is exceptional for its poop to concrete ratio.
And the smell! I'm no longer talking about the poop. Teenagers STINK. My school is one of the newer ones, so it has air conditioning. Conditioning the air is merely cooling it, not filtering it. I'm going to buy some car air fresheners and hang them as my own earrings. Mmmm, pine freshness....
Kids are kids, so I still have the same kids who struggle, the same kids who give up without struggling, and the same kids who are just having one of those days. Some days the lessons work great, some days the lessons are disastrous.
Yet every day I feel good as I walk to school. I cross over the bridge from Harlem to the Bronx, sucking in lungfuls of carbon and exhaust, listening to the new Bananarama song. I have so many kids who actually see their futures as positive, because their parents, administration, and teachers see those futures too. Public education isn't hopeless at all.
I'll stop now.
By the way, I'm not coming to DC this weekend. Geek Night on Friday, Open House NY on Saturday/Sunday, plus hopefully room demolition at a friend's place.
Posted by G at October 5, 2006 06:42 PM
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Glad you are having a great year.
Posted by: Mr. HK at October 5, 2006 08:50 PM
Good news is always welcome.
Posted by: Tom at October 5, 2006 10:46 PM
Plus I hear you get to teach in the "new" building. Joel is muy jealous.
Posted by: Luke at October 6, 2006 02:39 AM
Sounds like a great situation! I'm glad that things are going well at school and that you're enjoying it.
Posted by: Thom at October 6, 2006 05:29 PM
Hey! I take showers! Once a week is more than enough to maintain my good hygiene.
Posted by: Doug at October 7, 2006 04:27 PM