Here We Go Again…

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | Sara the Teacher, Sara the Wife

It’s a new school year!

Surprisingly, I’m *not* singing the end-of-summer blues like I was last year. It’s been a good summer, and I’m grateful for some time off.

Some of my summer highlights include:

  • spending a week in Tahoe with Nate’s parents and the Stewart family
  • taking a tour of the Warner Brothers Studios (thanks, Emily!)
  • spending a weekend thrift-store shopping with my grandma and mom
  • having lunch with some neat women
  • traveling to Philadelphia and New York for my precious friend’s wedding
  • spending lots of busy (but fun) days with our friends Dan and Sandra (I miss you guys!)
  • spending the weekend with my beautiful friend Taryn
  • watching the Los Angeles Galaxy play a few games at the Home Depot Center
  • running the America’s Finest City Half-Marathon (in San Diego)
  • watching as much Olympics as NBC could air

In addition to all of this “fun” stuff, I had the opportunity to do some staff development (a.k.a. “teaching teachers”) in the Stockton Unified School District and Compton Unified School District. Both were very interesting experiences! I think I expected a little too much from these teachers. I thought they would be great students, excited about learning a new math program. Boy was I wrong! There were a few teachers who eagerly accepted our teaching, but I was surprised by how many teachers were very, very difficult students. I even caught a few teachers cheating (copying homework from others, answering test questions together, etc.). I was so disappointed! I really did not expect to be in the presence of a bunch of overgrown, whiny 8th graders! Alas, it was not all bad. It was a great experience and I actually had fun (after all, just like in my classroom, I had to convince these people that what I had to say was interesting and important…a challenge I love). Who knows if this experience will lead me elsewhere, but I was grateful for a few weeks of something new (and a little extra money on the side).

So, now, more than ever, I’m ready to go back to my classroom. I’m excited and the back-to-school nightmares are minimal. Despite the many, many challenges our schools face in the state of California this year, I am thankful for a new school year and a great job.

I *love* new beginnings…

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