Friday, and I've got a lot to do...

After school, Friday afternoon, 1/2 an hour before Shabbos.

I am grading papers. A lot of papers. No one ever told me how long it would take, and how you have to do it if you do independent work if you want to keep them serious. On the first assignment I made the mistake of giving them all A's, since I didn't want to take those hours to do all that grading, but the quality went down, and I've learned my lesson.

So I'm thinking I have to actually grade..

Back to school night was awesome. I taught the parents about Rabbi Yochanan and Resh Lakish. In other words, I showed them, not told them, and from the way they were nodding and smiling, I think they enjoyed!

One parent said to me, "I want to see your driver's licence. How old are you?"
Me: "Oh, I'm 16 and absolutely unqualified."
Parent: "So this is your first year teaching?"
Me: "Don't tell your kid anything of the sort, ok?"

Afterwords I was on such a high, I stayed up late and then overslept through my alarm, etc.

I have to get a life...

Here's to the long weekend, my first official school vacation (some of my students are going to Hawaii etc, the rest have swine flu, and I am somewhere in the middle with just a prayer that I will not grade all weekend).

For my readers, who are reticent to comment as of yet-- what are you doing this weekend? Anything that beats the Caribbean? Well, have fun, everyone!