Mom is really the only one that can appreciate these pictures since she saw the "before" version with the 6-million boxes and my total bewilderment as to what to do with them and where to start. The custodial staff of my new building and I became great friends this summer as this transformation took place.
With days to go before school started, I finally got it all organized and put to rights. Now...I had days to figure out what to teach these 7th and 8th graders as I pursued my new career at the middle school as one of the Language Arts teacher.
I love this board. Unfortunately we only spent one day in this room...the air conditioner decided to break the first day of school, and with no windows and 29 hot bodies, it was a state of emergency. Thompson Heating and Cooling was called in. The bad news..."Mrs. Busch we need to get you a new compressor" (whatever that means, just get it done!). And this could take weeks because we have to push a purchase order through and then order the part and then get it installed and tested before you and your students can return to this room for instruction....are you kidding me?
So I begrudgingly left this room that I so painstakingly worked on through the summer and we are in a boring unorganized room with no color whatsoever as we await the compressor to arrive. We have been creative in livening up our temporary quarters, have no fear. 7th and 8th graders still like to color and create I have discovered.
So....I am excited and scared to death each morning as I have to be to the middle school by 6:50am and face 2 blocks of 8th graders and 1 block of 7th graders and all the newness that comes with a change in life. I am almost to the point of knowing what each bell sound means. That first week was rough, I was constantly asking the students, "What's that sound mean?" But I will get it!!!! Love to you all!
