When I returned to school after Christmas, it seemed like every other kid had a North Face Denali fleece. Furthermore, most of them were pink or light yellow or lavender. Not your typical outdoor/hiker shades. After another teacher strolled in with a fashionably PLUM NF fleece, I decided that mine (red) must go. I hopped […]
It All Comes Down To This
My semester is over. Just two days of intense testing to round it out. I was at school until 8:00 pm giving some last minute cram sessions to some Algebra II students. I am a little worried that they aren’t as prepared as last year. We did lose two days to snow (but, never fear, […]
Back to School…
We started back today. One day before the general population had to return to their respective jobs. I think it’s a conspiracy to allow parents one “kid-free” vacation day during the Christmas break. Actually, I could care less. I have the entire summer off, so the sooner we start back, the sooner I am basking […]
Some Updates
In recent news: Our hoops team is 8-2. We play tomorrow night against an atrocious team, so we should (barring a complete meltdown) go to 9-2. Wednesday, we play Lexington, where I started my teaching career. And then suspended it a few weeks later. I got two A’s in my two classes. It’s official. We […]
Let it Ice
We had our first school cancellation today. There’s about a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of ice on everything outside. It’s nice. The ice is Lucy’s worst enemy. She runs out onto the deck to go in the backyard and slides all over the place. This makes her quite apprehensive about trekking the staircase. Many […]
Good and Busy
This past week was CRAZY! We had three games: Tuesday we played Alexander Central, on the road, and defeated them handily. I think we shot about 80 times. On, Wednesday we played East Forsysth at home and beat them in a close one (31-29). It should not have been close. We played terribly. Last night […]
And then there were 2
I have two days of class left. Four whole classes. On Wednesday, I will unofficially be a fully licensed NC teacher. It feels great – except that in one class, our teacher has backloaded the assignments, so I’ve spent a good proportion of my Thanksgiving holiday doing school work. Friday, I wrote 3 papers and […]
SASI
I am taking some FHS students to Efland, NC for a retreat this weekend. They are the same students that went to camp with me this summer at the “Student Athlete Summer Institute”, or SASI as we like to call it. It’s a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to seeing other coaches and […]
5 More
That’s right. Five more class days. 10 classes in all. It’s getting close!! Basketball is in full swing. We have our first game Wednesday. Scrimmages looked good. We’re small. No one is taller than about 5′ 9″. And we don’t really have any TRUE post players. Well, maybe one, I guess. We had a long […]
Crazy November
Basketball started on Monday. Last year, it was all I could do to keep up with basketball and school. Now, I have to contend with those AND my last month of classes at WSSU. It’s going to get crazy busy for about a month. Then, my classes will be over. And I’ll be a REAL […]