Back Already?

That new Colgate 360 toothbrush I got last week is really nice. It’s got stiff rubber pieces nestled in among the bristles and a little tongue scourer on the back of its head. Every time I use it my teeth feel massaged and clean.

So I’ve just finished brushing my teeth and shaving…and cleaning the kitchen and typing a letter and surfing the web and cleaning out my desk drawer and adding photos to MySpace and arranging my shoes and playing 12-year old videogames and cutting my toenails and otherwise doing whatever I can think of to avoid correcting the billion papers I saved for the Sunday before school starts again. And blogging, too…writing this is part of the procrastination. Clearly, I’m not motivated to go back to work and I’m hoping I can find it quickly and be able to set an example so that the kids finish the semester strongly. To be honest, though, there are eight days left in the semester and I just want to shuttle these students out as fast as possible and get a new start with 90 new kids. I had my current students working hard for maybe 70% of the term but then my lenience on discipline (and perhaps not always being totally prepared with a lesson plan) caught up to me and the student behavior and performance in all three of my classes went downhill. I’ve been taking note, however, and I’m itching to get another crack at it starting in two weeks. Until then, be quiet and take your exam, kids…