Is It School Yet?

I'll start with a confession: I've never had a blog before, so I have no idea what direction this will go. I make no promises to you; I cannot guarantee incisive insights, acerbic wit, memorable quotes, or even relevancy. I have a vague idea that these will be thoughts and musings about the life of one teacher, but even that may be saying too much. I am, after all, a teacher, and an employed one (which is saying something in today's economy), but I fill, and have filled, so many other roles that it might be asking too much to say I will confine myself to teacher-type thoughts.

So now, if you choose to come along, you have been forewarned.

School starts in about a month -- sooner for teachers. I've got a letter somewhere that lists all the days I'm supposed to be at school before school starts, but I'm not sure where it is right now. Before that day, whenever it is, I've got these school-related goals:

• Train the incoming yearbook staff -- make it fun!
• Complete the best yearbook cover design ever (by Sept 1, so it will be free).
• Try to get exempt from sales tax on yearbook costs (another saving money goal).
  
• Work ahead in the new Linear Algebra book (fun for me -- I like learning).
• Try to coax the (senior project) Math Placement Test Committee along.

And because some of these are going to require a lot of energy, I have one more goal that I've been working on:

• Get recharged for the new school year.