Day 3, Semester 2
Another good day. I told my ninth graders today about how the classroom feels like home to me and it doesn't feel like I'm onstage. I'm not an onstage person. I was a Younglife leader in Virginia and I'd do anything to get out of the skits. I'm anxious about an upcoming event that forces me onstage, but more about that later.

The teacher cadets are learning about their personality traits and multiple intelligences. I talked a little bit today about the differences between introvert and extrovert. I'm an introvert. You wouldn't know it when I'm in the classroom with a bunch of teenagers, but I get the energy to be there by having time to myself and at the end of the day, I need time alone again. I didn't get any time alone today. I thought it would take about 15 minutes to shred some newspaper. (I need shredded newspaper for Lucy's litterbox because she was declawed today. Please if you are a declawer activist, give me a break.) The office worker said to just leave the paper and she would ask the exceptional children to do it because they come in the office during that time and enjoy doing those kind of things. I said that I didn't mind and that I'd just be a few minutes. Yeah, well, I broke the machine. It jammed and I had my head up a shredder machine for 40 minutes trying to unjam paper. Machines and I don't mix well. Technology and I don't mix well. Who knows how long this blog will look so generic because I don't know how to customize. I should have waited to let the exceptional children shred my paper. Lesson learned.

So, this is not a detailed blog about my kids today. I need some time to be alone in order to face them tomorrow, so I'm signing out. Goodnight.