to be back in the School District of Philadelphia:

A scene from an episode of Louis CK’s show, Louie.

The violinist:

This is my work. It’s what I’m best at. Meeting our students and their parents yesterday was a simultaneously a thrill and a reminder of the responsibility one assumes as a teacher. I cannot wait to see what we can do together. It’s really hard to explain to non-teachers the thrill of a newly assembled classroom and the first time you get to meet your students. We have an amazing building, an unbelievable staff, and a new way of doing things. I met my students and they are AWESOME. AWESOME.

The shower:
Will there be a strike? Will there be any resources? Will I be teaching eighth graders who had a series of subs for their classes last year, who want to learn but who haven’t been given much of a chance? Will the overheated rhetoric around school reform overwhelm what I’m trying to do in the classroom? Will TPS reports get in the way of the trust I want to develop with my students?

To be continued…