Hey Dad!!

No it's not what you think...I am not a new father. Although congrats to Zac on his new found joy in life! The purpose of this blog is to just quickly mention how first of all teachers in general are taking on the role (whether voluntarily or not) of the parent but in this case, I have been the "den father" (if such a thing exists) at my school. Just this morning this 5th grade students were campaigning for vairous positions on student council. I young gentleman decided to wear a suit but instead of asking his dad or mom (who are very active in his life) to tie it, he left home with it untied and asked me to do it. Maybe he thought or knew that his mom or dad didn't know how to tie a tie, maybe he liked the kinds of knots I tie when I wear a tie (everyday). I don't really know and I guess this sort of thing is to be expected, not that I have a problem with it.

On a totally unrelated note, I just thought of the morning when the Title I reading specialist and the special ed teacher were switching rooms because of the large enrollment in special ed students this year. An email went out asking anyone to help move some things to get it done faster, we were told that all big things would be moved by maintainence so we only had to move small things like books. When I volunteered I knew I was being recruited to move bigger things. Not that I have a problem with this, I just noticed that the mini refrigerator, the computer, a book shelf and a few other large items needed to be moved this morning. Guess who got to move them...

Sorry, this turned out to be longer than I had originally thought, but freewriting for me is lilke opening up the flood gates, so that's it for now.