Day 5 of Training

So a lot of today's new teacher (now that's new to the district, mind you, not new in general; something that has been beat into our heads over and over and over again) training seemed like a huge waste of time to me. The morning was spent at the training center where we talked about aligning our lesson plans with not just the state standards, but the assessments as well. I understand that that's important, but it seems like there should have been a better way to reinforce it with us. Instead of just talking about it over and over again.

So after the morning's session, I got an extended lunch time and returned home to find Peter very excited about the upcoming Vonage box that was soon to come in. Yep, you heard right, we are now proud Vonage subscribers. Heck at $25.99 a month, with unlimited calling in our whole state, and 500 minutes a month of calling to the rest of the U.S. and Canada, it seems like a much better deal than our other local service. So we will have to see how that works out. More on that as I continue to use it.

This afternoon was spent going over the teacher hand book for the high school. Technically, I had read it already, b/c a kind english teacher managed to get a "boot-leg" copy of it for me last week, but I sat and listened to the seminar anyway. After that, I returned to my room and started setting it up. I unpacked my new desk set, a cool purple pink set from Target, and started thinking up my lesson plans.

9 more days, not counting weekends til kids show up. Will I be ready?