I survived!

The first day of school can be just as anxiety producing for teachers as for students. All I could think about as I was trying to sleep last night was about how today would go. Would I have good students? More importantly, would I have nice students? Would I have enough desks to go around? And had my textbook order arrived? Oh, and just how darned hot would my classroom be?

Here's what I found out. My returning students are good and nice! My new students are rumored to be good, and they seem to be nice. I don't have enough desks in my 3rd hour class, and no, my textbook order did not arrive. Oh, and it was at least 80 degrees in my classroom. I truly thought I was going to melt.

I have a fairly large number of foreign exchange students this year. I have one from Colombia who will TA for me, one from a Scandinavian country that I've yet to figure out, one from Norway, and two from Brazil. I personally think the Brazilians are wasting their time in Spanish class, but I guess if they want to be there, so be it. I didn't have good luck with the Brazilian exchange student I had in Spanish 1 last year so I'm hoping this year will be better. Personality-wise I think the two I have this year are going to be much more likable people.

My good deed for the day was to rescue a poor little toad that had gotten in the school during the rush of students. He (or she) was hopping down the stairs headed for certain death, but I scooped him up and brought him outside. The rain we had this morning must have driven him out for a walk, and he got lost!

Overall, it was a pretty good day. I hope the next 177 go just as well!