Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 | General

I am generally very, very happy with my work. My room is great, nice and big (although sometimes it seems small what with classes of 34, 35). Things I would change:

- better office furniture (or at least, my chair - every single office chair in this place is squeeeeeeeaky)

- kids’ desks that don’t have insides - they throw all their garbage and old paper in them and I’m not overly fond of having to clean up after them every day. The board is paying for one room per year to get all new desks so eventually this will happen.

- better shelving. I have one bookshelf in my room. I have way more books than the shelf can hold.

Even though I complain, though, it’s very minor. I love (LOVE) working here. My windows open and close, no problems. My own desk is *huge*, with drawers that open and close without a struggle, so I can keep it neat(er). I can get in and out of the building without having to call 95 people to get a key on weekends and in the evenings.

So yeah, it’s all good.

2 Comments to

lattegirl
May 22, 2008

Shouldn’t the kids be cleaning out their own desks?

Louise
May 22, 2008

Should they be? Yes. Do they? No, not always.
It is a rule in my room that they have to pick up after themselves, but with classes of 33 or more, sometimes a few of them slip by me at the end of a period. Every two or three weeks I “pick on” the class who’s been the most messy and give them latex gloves and garbage bags and make them clean out the crap. That seems to work for a week or so, but they’re soon back to their same antics.

(I should clarify that I don’t have the same kids all day - I teach six different classes, so they’re in and out of my room every hour).

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