I was going to try to take pictures for this post, perhaps showcasing each hour of my day, but let's face it: a day in my life is a bit too busy for this so words will have to do.
6:15 am: Alarm goes off. I have an obscure 90s song by a band named Starkicker as my wake up. It's the perfect wake up tune, but so obscure it's not even really on YouTube. I only remembered it about a month ago and added it as my wake up. Anyway, it's a good wake up song. I hit snooze.
6:24 am: Phone goes off again. Cat is whacking me in the face with her paws. She wants treats. Out of bed.
6:45 am: Cat is treated. I've eaten breakfast. Fall asleep on couch for 15 minutes. My 7:00 am alarm wakes me up again.
7:36 am: Out the door, catch a bus, a train, and then another train.
8:20 am: Once I get to my final stop, I walk to my regular Tim Horton's. Line is insanely long. Won't be able to get my morning coffee and make it to school on time. It's gonna be a rough day.
8:25 am: Stop in staffroom. Pick up attendance and check mailbox. Oh good. I have to cover my friend's computer class during my prep period.
8:40 am: Grade 9 science. Most of them leave on an English field trip to see Romeo & Juliet. The remainders work on an assignment as I catch up on marking.
10:10 am: Grade 11 biology. We review a lesson on cell division, then they do some practice work on the lesson.
11:25 am: Lunch. I check my email and mark in my classroom as a few missed test writers write missed tests.
12:15 pm: Grade 11 environmental science. Test review game day. We play Jeopardy! and my headbands game. Headbands is where I stick a key work on a kid's head and the others have to make them guess their word without using the word itself. It's a fun class.
1:30 pm. Done the instructional portion of the day. Go to my friend's computer class (grade 10, most of whom I've taught), take attendance and give them their assignment. I should be working, but it's really hot in the building and I'm tired so I will blog instead. I will pay for this 30 minutes of procrastination this weekend.
2:13 pm. My colleague is here to relieve me. Must go photocopy and knock things off my to-do list.
2:50 pm. School day over. I am going to take some students to do volunteer community gardening in the park across from the school.
4:00 pm. Pack my bags to leave. I have piles of marking to do this weekend. Argh.
That's a pretty average teaching day for me. Tonight I'm going to have a laid back Friday night where I maybe have sushi, get groceries, go for a short late-evening run, and do some housework. That's about it.
4 comments:
Weekend marking, man. I feel you!
Wow - you teachers have pretty packed days! x
Starkicker??? They were on handsome boy, right?
Hey - I ike this! My day would be more boring though because it would be like "8:00am - 12:00" draw, lunch then 1:00 - 4:30 - draw". At least these days anyway.
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