The week went quickly in hindsight, and was predictably uneventful. Fewer kids day by day, with Wednesday as the "end of school party day." Thursday I think each homeroom had about 8 or 9 kids, so the day was relaxing and I just showed movies.
Friday was dull. I had everything packed up, and my checklist all complete by Thursday, so I just sat and read while I waited for our grade's time to roll around. Then the only frustration of the day - I can't turn in my computer to the tech person, but have to wait on the principal. Confided in a few more people about my situation - it appears I was not the only late-hired, older white male math teacher in the middle school to not be renewed - the 7th grade teacher isn't going back, either.
Nice long weekend with younger daughter at a friend's grandparent's house on a lake. Doing some movie watching, just relaxing, getting my head around the idea that I am not teaching any more. Cleaned out some books that would have been useful to teach middle school math - keeping the high school (Advanced Algebra and Pre-Calculus) for the off-chance I return to teaching and go for the upper grades. I am nervous about Tuesday, staring in an office job that is for June, but may extend into a full-time spot. I am anxious because of my track record lately, but slowly coming to the realization that I was trying to be happy in a job that I wasn't happy doing. Now I can start with a clean slate, small office, learning the routine and being generally helpful and growing into a useful "right-hand-man"...whee.
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