You already teach math good.

Today I was informing my kiddos that I would not be at school for the next 2 days. Groans followed with, "WHY!?!?!?!"
Me: "Cause I am going to a class to learn how to teach math better."
Class: "You already teach math good. You don't need to go there. We don't want you to leave."
Me: "Believe me, I would rather stay here. It takes a lot of work and worrying to get ready for a sub."

Isn't that the truth?! I was at school til 7:00 tonight planning for Tuesday and Wednesday. I did have a conference at 5:00 that took an hour, but it was still too much work and not worth being out for 2 days. My kids might find a renewed appreciation for me after they do worksheets and textbook work for the next 2 days.

I'll let everyone know if the workshop was worth the planning stress or just a waste of my day. The good news is that I get to sleep in a bit in the morning...30 minutes is 30 minutes.

My First Sick Day

The worst thing in the world, to me as of right now, is waking up and realizing you are too sick to go to work. That's what happened to me this morning. Once I was out of the shower, I realized that I just can't make it. With most jobs, it's no biggie...you just call in sick. With teachers, it's much different. There are 22 little people relying on you. Luckily, I have a great portable-mate who took care of everything for me so I wouldn't have to drive to school to make lesson plans for the day. And I also have an aid who is able to teach if needed. I'm not really sure what was done, but I'm sure it all went fine.

Unfortunately, I am unable to go to school again tomorrow because I have strep throat. This also means that there is no reason for a blog update tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be back at school on Friday.