If you think students get excited about the approach of a two-week break from school, you should develop the ability to read the minds of teachers. Actually, no, forget that suggestion. (Really, really bad suggestion.) Instead, I will present you with my Week Before Winter Break by the Numbers.
5 = school days until the break
40 = pages in the December issue of our school newspaper, which is now at the printer (to be distributed Tuesday)
4 = people who will be mad at me on Tuesday about something in the December issue but will not tell me
1 = people who will be mad at me on Tuesday and tell me
96 = yearbook pages that need to be submitted to the publisher this week
3 = students who already told me last week that they won't be here at all this week
200 = papers I will collect this week that I will need to grade
215 = total students I have on my roster this year
6 = classes I teach
10 = average number of extra hours beyond my scheduled work week that I usually work
0 = extra hours it is my goal to work this week (hahahaha!)
50 = estimated number of my students who will be absent at least one day this week
15 = estimated number of Starbucks gift cards I will receive
100 = estimated number of times this week that I will be tempted to eat something incredibly fattening
2 = estimated number of earnest, sweet notes/holiday cards I will receive from students that will make me sigh, get teary, and come back after the break and next school year, too
Beautifully said, Rhonda!
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