Before anyone calls the authorities, I did NOT take 40 kids wine tasting! However, for about 6 hours one day last week, someone thought it might be mighty fun if I had 40 3rd graders in one class. And yes, that not only is a lot, but it is also above the legal limit. So to make a long, stressful story short, I am back down to 30. I sure do miss the days of class size reduction (20 kids in a class).
A friend from Spain came into town with some of her friends who are planning to get married in Vegas -- but it doesn't count! How cool is that? They didn't get the proper paperwork from Spain, so the Vegas wedding is just for kicks! Anyway, we all went wine tasting here in Monterey County -- which in my opinion has better wines than Napa and Sonoma! We then ventured out to Monterey and Carmel. I will post pics later, running short on time.
Finally, we have MORE inservices! Seriously when will someone start to make them interesting. In all the years I've been a teacher I could probably count on one hand the number of times that I went to an inservice and enjoyed it! Yesterday the woman was explaining the new writing program. It became obvious -- to everyone, but the presenter, that we NEEDED a break. Sadly, she just kept plowing threw. That's when I vowed never to do that to my students again. Oh, and Ms. 'I'm my own biggest fan' pops in for literally two minutes -- of course we were antsy at that time -- and tells the presenter to tell us to -- basically -- be quiet. Of course the presenter said it in a much nicer manner. Then Ms. 'I'm my own biggest fan' ran out of the room. I don't even think she stayed long enough to hear the presenter to tell us to shut the fuck up!
So, now I am off for more training...oh the joy!
A friend from Spain came into town with some of her friends who are planning to get married in Vegas -- but it doesn't count! How cool is that? They didn't get the proper paperwork from Spain, so the Vegas wedding is just for kicks! Anyway, we all went wine tasting here in Monterey County -- which in my opinion has better wines than Napa and Sonoma! We then ventured out to Monterey and Carmel. I will post pics later, running short on time.
Finally, we have MORE inservices! Seriously when will someone start to make them interesting. In all the years I've been a teacher I could probably count on one hand the number of times that I went to an inservice and enjoyed it! Yesterday the woman was explaining the new writing program. It became obvious -- to everyone, but the presenter, that we NEEDED a break. Sadly, she just kept plowing threw. That's when I vowed never to do that to my students again. Oh, and Ms. 'I'm my own biggest fan' pops in for literally two minutes -- of course we were antsy at that time -- and tells the presenter to tell us to -- basically -- be quiet. Of course the presenter said it in a much nicer manner. Then Ms. 'I'm my own biggest fan' ran out of the room. I don't even think she stayed long enough to hear the presenter to tell us to shut the fuck up!
So, now I am off for more training...oh the joy!