A surprise day off

Unless you are a teacher or work in a school...you will not understand the buzz that swarms around the school when the Principal says, "We are closing early and there is no school tomorrow due to unidentified bugs on campus!" This buzz I am speaking about is the buzz between the teachers and other staff at school.

Step 1. Call all your friends in their classroom and try to stay calm for the sake of the students so use secret code to share excitement with fellow staff members 2. Think to self, "How can I get them to load up and get to the car pool line as fast as possible" 3. Tell the parents, "I am really shocked, not to worry we will get caught up when we return." 4. Pack up all your school books, clean off your desk, pick up any trash on the floor, shut off the lights. 5. Find one of your students wondering around the playground wondering when their mom is coming 6. Sit at the front office, legs crossed, bags on floor, praying that their mom will show up the next time you blink cause the open road is calling your name!

Well, that is what happened today. After 6 hours pressing pressing pressing strategies taught, lessons learned and good test taker skills (not to mention introducing fractions) the surprise of leaving early was much needed. I honestly think the teachers get more excited than the students. Do you remember when you were a kid and you had a snow day? Or, an "administration day"? I thought the teachers lived at school so they had a free day too. Now, I know that is not the case. They don't sleep on cots behind the teachers desk, eat cafeteria food, read the math book and color on the chalkboard. The teacher does go home to a place similar to the students. But, what does she do? She grades papers, plans exciting lessons that allows children to get up and run around, engages all levels and is multi-sensory. She goes to the store, runs errands all the while thinking I should get this for the class or I need to remember to tell little Johnny to come here because of....The mind doesn't rest of a teacher, hence the blog.

We love our job or we wouldn't do it. We love a surprise day off, too!