OMG what a crazy day.  The moon was full last night and it does have an effect on behavior.  I wonder if anyone has ever completed research on this phenomenon.  It could be worth investigating.  But I digress.  I should've known it would be crazy because I was attacked by several fellow teachers before I could get into my classroom.  You see I was absent yesterday and apparently the substitute teacher was horrible.  I walked in to find my desk a complete mess.  It looked like the sub left everything where it was and just walked out the door.  I was told that the children were screaming and running around the room (this has never happened in my classroom before).  None of the lesson plans I left were completed.  To top that off some items were stolen from my file drawer and the remote control for the overhead projector was/is missing.  Which is a big problem because I use the overhead a lot.  Needless to say the day did not progress well at all.  Oh by the way, I find out that a district evaluator is coming to my room to complete an evaluation sometime that day.  Yeah for me.  I can honestly say that I've had better days.  Can't wait for Spring Break, I need it bad.

Okay, so I've been teaching for a while.  But not in a truly urban school.  So here's an example of an urban experience.  Today, I got my 25th student.  Her name is Carribbean.  So now every time I hear her name I'm going to hear Billy Ocean rolling through my mind.   All jokes aside, 25 students without an instructor assistant.   That's a 25:1 ratio and I'm supposed to work miracles with that.  Yeah right.

Stay tuned for the real truth.  Hope you're ready!