What a difference a day can make. Walking to school the day after the typhoon looked perfectly normal. One would have never guessed that just 24 hours earlier any of the streets had been under so much water. Just amazing. Except for the carpet in the teacher workroom that now stinks beyond tolerance levels, the school and city are clean. We did get a memo reminding us that the sewage was mixed in the flooded waters and to be sure our shots were up to date.
So today I was thinking of another math problem about how many flights of stairs are climbed in one day? There are two flights of stairs between each floor above the ground but only one flight of stairs to go to the basement. Today I got to work and went to my classroom on the third floor. But then we had a meeting on the 2nd floor. I had to escort my first class to the basement to get their books, and then went back to our room. After that class was my conference period and so I went to the basement to drop off the list of my students and which books they would need. Then I came up to the first floor for duty and then back to my classroom. This group also needed books so I went form my 3rd floor classroom to the basement and back. Then it was lunchtime, so down to the first floor and across to another building for lunch. Only the Faculty eats with the upper students two flights of stairs below the cafeteria. After lunch I left that area and then returned to my room. Another class needed their books, so down we went to the basement again and then back to class. After school I had bus duty whish is out on the playground, so down I went again. Then we had a faculty meeting on the second floor. Returned to the third floor to get belongings prior t leaving the building to go home. Now, my older sister will definitely get this math problem right, and for the rest of us? The answer to how many flights of stairs did I climb today? The answer is too darn many. Two of my classes will get their books tomorrow so I’ll do this over again.
The school’s electrician walked home with me today as my refrigerator hasn’t worked since the man came to fix the door. The door closes great but now the whole refrigerator won’t go on. I’d pushed every imaginable button, and checked d the plug prior to informing the secretary. Are you ready for this? There is a wall button across the room that looks like a light switch that one has to turn on prior to the refrigerator working! It is no different than the switches in the States that turn on a lamp in the living room. But do we need one of those for a refrigerator? . Other end result, it started the freezer but not the refrigerator. So, since Saturday, I’ve had no refrigerator! Isn’t there another saying, “If its not one thing, its another?”
My students are adorable. I see each class 3 times during the week for an 82-minute period. Sweet day. That means out of a 6.5-hour day I am only teaching 4 hours and 6 minutes of it. The rest is either lunch or preparation time. Nice going. Twice a week I have duty which takes up some of that time, but its not bad. Then each day after school I have bus duty for 15 or so minutes. Today, our second day, went so much smoother than our first. By the end of the week we'll be really smooth and I'll be a decorative, not really needed, as my kids will know what to do. Amazing, we have 87 buses and not a one of them leaves until each teacher says all students are accounted for on their bus! Talk about no child left behind.
