The Secret Life of Me

so tomorrow marks the last day of my first year of teaching. i already know next year will be so much better because i am exhausted-ready-to-drop-sleep-for-100-days tired, but still can’t wait for next year. it’s really nice to finally have a job that challenges me in so many ways but in which i can still be successful and continue to progress every day.
tomorrow i will get to send my students off for the summer and there is a short list of things that i hope they learned:
homework, although a nuisance, is worth the time
read the directions first
remembering at the last minute that you have a test does not constitute studying
the word “then” refers to a sequence of time: first i bought my meal, then i ate it. the word “than” is a comparison: i like ice cream better than bananas. get it right.
and there was some math in there too

so yeah, it’s been a good year.