Bad Blogger.... Bad, Bad!!!!

So for some reason, I've not been very faithful in writing lately. Life has been crazy. I haven't really turned my computer on without having a school related motive for the past two weeks. I swear it's true. It's a bad excuse.... And I suppose I should stop whining about it. School has been busy. I met my 10th grade English class last week. (Have I mentioned in the past that my school works on cycles?) I have 16 sophomores, had 17 but one switched out to have another teacher. Out of my 16, 7 have serious behavior problems, I believe 2 could turn out to be sociopaths, 2 are absolutely clueless, 1 is entirely lazy, 3 will behave if threatened, and 2 are absolutely fantastic. Basically, I got the class from hell. So, day one I gave them their options.... 1) They could behave, do what they were asked and we would get along fine and have some fun in English or 2) They could try to mutiny against my dictatorship and I would make their lives miserable this year and fail them for the year ruining summer vacation while they made my class up in summer school. I thought it sounded fair, it put the ball in their court and let them know what the consequences would be of their negative actions. Aside from dealing with my sophomoric monsters, I've already had my first observation by my assistant principal, spent a day out of the building at a training (I've been selected by the powers that be to be trained to teach other people to teach the strategies that I teach my students in my lab classes) and have a CAPT scoring seminar coming up next week. So, life's been crazy! I also made a presentation to the entire staff at school on the Test Taking Strategy that we teach our students. In addition to all of that.... I turned 27 a week ago and (in unrelated news) now have a cold. I have managed to make it through today with the help of some Advil Cold & Sinus. I've been waiting up until now so that I can take some NyQuil and head to bed, hoping to get a good night sleep and be rested up for tomorrow. (I never call in SICK.... I don't get SICK!!!!) So, for my Internet Stalker Friends.... hopefully, this has helped you catch up with my life and I will try to update again soon. OH AND FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER - Today is - International Talk Like a Pirate Day So, take a moment to brush up on your pirate lingo... here's the web address http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html