I went to set up my classroom a week ago, and I discovered twelve
interesting developments while I was there:
1. Random furniture
had been placed in my room for no apparent reason.
2. The copy room was
locked from the hallway access.
3. The copy room was
also locked from the teachers' lunchroom access.
4. The hallway that
used to lead to the mods is now a giant piece of wallboard spackled with a
dirty cream matte finish.
5. Getting the boxes
of books down from the tall windowsill ledge was just as strenuous as getting
them up there last June.
6. I still don't have
a SmartBoard, though everyone else does.
7. My whiteboard has
screws loose and almost fell on my head.
8. The microwave I
have been hiding for almost two years still works.
9. I was smart enough
to mark the box of cleaning supplies as "cleaning supplies" so I
could find them in the fall.
10. I was smart
enough to mark the box of dry erase markers as "cleaning supplies" so
I could hide them from sticky fingers.
11. The construction
zone outside my window is a giant mud bog.
12. I have a perfect
view of the workers' port-a-potties from my desk.
Here's how I dealt with each one of these interesting
developments:
1. I hauled the
random furniture into the hall and put sticky notes with random teachers' names
on every random item that I found.
2. I swore at the
locked copy room door from the hallway.
It did not swear back.
3. I tried
unsuccessfully to get into the copy room through the teachers' room and walked
into the door twice when it didn't open as expected. I did this in front of two construction
workers who were having lunch. They were
highly entertained both times.
4. I took
measurements of the ugly wallboard and will either cover it or paint it when no
one is looking, perhaps adding an inappropriate mural just to see if anyone
notices.
5. I dropped some of
the boxes and they only landed on my foot three times. Out of about thirty boxes, those are pretty
good odds.
6. I moved the
destination for the Smartboard. I will
see if the IT people notice the new spot or put it in its original location,
which is where I truly want it anyway.
They may or may not figure out that I'm just messing with them.
7. I wrote on the
whiteboard: "This has a few screws
loose … I know, I know. There are about
a million jokes in that statement. Do
NOT go there."
8. I hid the
microwave on a cart and bought an extension cord. I will use it this year until someone catches
me with it, but it must be red-handed; otherwise, deny, deny, deny.
9. I found the
cleaning supplies.
10. I found the dry
erase markers then re-hid them from our resident klepto teacher (two doors
down).
11. I wish I still
had my big-ass Blazer with the monster tires.
I would have torn that bad boy right up.
There would be mud stuck to the second story when I was done.
12. Binoculars. And defogging spray for the lenses.
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