You know how in college homecoming is a weekend of festivities? Well think back to your high school days... when it was a week long. We had dress down days all week: college day, twin day, black and white day (school colors), decade day (50s for the senior class), and dress up day (Mass). There was the pepfest on Wed night: an hour of homecoming court introductions, a cheerleader routine, parade of the floats (oh yes, each class made floats- not something we did in high school), and speeches on behalf of all fall sports teams. Not to mention Homecoming Mass, which is an entire event requiring careful orchestration. I had been warned to abbreviate lessons this week and make them a little less intense, because there was simply no way to retain students’ attention. Fortunately, my class is in the afternoon. While many other teachers I talked to had problems with keeping their students behaving and on task, I had no problems. I think probably by the time the students got to me they were too tired to try anything.
Though I’m not an avid football fan and had not been to a game yet this season, I decided to stay for the homecoming game on Friday night. It was a blast! I watched with a couple of teachers until halftime and then we all went out to a local bar. We just chilled for a bit- conversing about politics, theology, and beer among other things (conversations of champions). It also happened that Friday was the first major storm we’ve experienced in KC! So we pulled the get-soaked-running-from-the-bar-to-the-car move on our way out. :) Great night. Have I mentioned how awesome my teaching community is?
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