Well, Kristin, I wish I could say that I haven't been there, but bejesus I HAVE! Hell. I'm still wallowing there. I have day one planned (poem, discussion, syllabus overview, possible pre-test) and day three (in class essay... tee hee... welcome to AP, kids!) It's pesty day 2 that might be a problem. Or maybe it won't be. Maybe day 1 will spill over into day 2!

And really, that's only for my two AP classes. My other class is journalism (I think. I'll know for sure tomorrow). I have no syllabus yet for that one and no idea what we do on day one (except maybe a personality feature of a fellow classmate? Practice?)

Sigh.

From a couple pages back:

I also want to knit a Klein bottle hat, just to try it, but I know I would never wear it, so I'd have to find someone else who wants a Klein bottle hat.

My friend (StolenCubicle on these here boards) made me one for my birthday last year, as well as a mobius scarf, which I thought was really cool, but also kind of inappropriate because my birthday is in the middle of July and I live in South Florida. Dressing for warmth is more often done for movie theaters than actual climate.

My sister in educational woe!

I can't believe that you don't even know for sure what you're teaching. WTF??

Daniel, your cousin's photographs make me smile like few things have done recently. The YouTube thing is awesome. Thank you for sharing it.

Daniel, I concur with Beverly. Made me tear up, actually.

My sister in educational woe!

Can I join this club, too?

I am so tired. And I failed to grade this weekend although I did get some other stuff done. I feel like I started the semester already behind the 8 ball and I'm just gonna flail the whole 15 weeks.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one feeling this woe. The 'plan' this weekend was to do a bunch of paperwork and get ahead. Instead I got lots of rest, read a great deal of 2 books, watched movies, spent time with DH, did some stuff around the house and did a little paperwork. This teaching 2 English 3 and 2 "all level" Drama classes without a planning period is killing me!

Guess I'll be doing some extra all week. Mid-quarter reports come out in 2 weeks.

I can't believe that you don't even know for sure what you're teaching. WTF??

This year, I didn't know my schedule until Wednesday before school started. It was a really bad day. Then they changed my schedule mid-week the first week of school. While it was a semi-good thing (splitting my 1 huge Drama class in two) it was still chaos.

tommyrot -- technically speaking, humans (and all vertebrates) are topographical donuts, because the alimentary canal runs all the way from the mouth to the, er, hiney hole.

I hope a lot of questions get asked about statements praising Bristol and the Palins for keeping the baby, such as, "Do you think she shouldn't have had the choice to keep the baby?" and "Do you think the law should be changed such that she could be charged with murder if she took steps to abort the fetus?"

I hope a lot of questions get asked

I don't. At least, not using the Palins as an example. Policy-wise, I'm happy to have the discussion.

I'm surprised that no one has dredged up the father. I hope he's not 25 (as Bristol was apparently 16 when this baby was conceived) and I wonder how he and his parents (assuming he's a teen) are feeling about all this.

Also, I feel as if John McCain, by choosing a woman who has so many issues as fodder for the press and Internet surrounding her womb and her daughter's womb and Why A Woman Who Has a Working Womb Should Not Be at Work But Home Watching Out for Her Daughter's Womb, has just guaranteed no woman will be President for a very long time.

sigh

Also, I feel as if John McCain, by choosing a woman who has so many issues as fodder for the press and Internet surrounding her womb and her daughter's womb and Why A Woman Who Has a Working Womb Should Not Be at Work But Home Watching Out for Her Daughter's Womb, has just guaranteed no woman will be President for a very long time.

So much this.

You know, if the marriage does happen, they're going to have to disclose the impregnator's identity ANYWAY. So if he isn't stepping up to the news podium now, he's either seriously a juvenile or else he's going to be the 25yo bodyguard assigned to protect Bristol or something worse.