Counting is hard

Today was the first day back to school for the year.  Teachers go back a week before the students show up.  I presented my theory about that to a few of my colleagues today- I think the teachers have to be back in the building for a week not for training, but for a pair of other purposes.  Teachers need the week to re-acclimate to the daily schedule and to stop swearing so much.  

It was about par for the course.  We spent the full day in the school auditorium.  We have training activities for four of the five days this week, which is one more than we usually have.  That leaves only one official day for classroom setup.  I'll need more than that, I'm afraid.  I got into my classroom this morning, and it was more disorganized than I have ever seen a classroom after floor cleaning than I have ever seen.  In a computer lab, teachers often number the tables so they can be placed back in some kind of order.  This year, the tables were all jammed at one end of the room in about as random an order as they could have managed.  It was like they were deliberately trying not to place anything in order.  It seemed like they were defiantly forgetting how to count.  Counting must be hard.  

I was wearing some cute shoes today, so after the last training session, I only moved a few tables around.  I got a few things moved around and realized that this was no kind of job to do in heels.  

No matter, though.  Tomorrow, we begin the day at Brookhaven College and return to campus in the afternoon.  I think I will do a little bit of work each day until I get a whole day in my lab.  I've got a lot of work to do...