The Written Word...

I realize that the blog has suffered from both a lack of updatization and being used as a repository for my pictures. I thought Summer would see a return of my writing, but alas, no dice. So, I thought I'd type a bit before school starts and see what comes of it. The likelyhood of this becoming a habit is, well, unlikely, but, optimism being my strong suit, I thought I'd at least fire off a couple of worthless paragraphs for you to scratch your heads over.

My thoughts about beginning my second year of teaching high school consist of hope, anticipation, and seemingly unending screams of terror. I've been getting the shop in order over the last week in the hopes that it would make me feel prepared for the coming year, but the truth is that I don't think you are ever prepared for the onslaught of teenage energy that floods into the building on the first day of school. It takes a long time to settle into a comfortable rhythm with a group of kids and there are always one or two or more who make the job alot more difficult than it would be otherwise. I guess the main difference this year is that I am prepared for the goofballs. Or, as prepared as I can be. They are always building better goofballs.