Skills USA and My New Classroom

It never surprises me how students forget everything. I have been planning to take my kids to the Fall Leadership Conference for Skills USA since the first day of school. I outlined all the due dates for funds for students to pay. It amazes me how many excuses kids can come up with. I tell them that they can not write checks, seeing how our school does not accept checks. Nevertheless they bring a check and have it written to me. As if Im just suppose to go an extra mile and cash it and turn the money in. One kid actually had the nerve to bring a check written out to "Mr. Maddox" . Not Henderson Maddox, I was shocked and amazed. And to think that his mom wrote the check.

I aslo got the chance to visit my new classroom in the new Maynard Jackson High School building. As soon as we arrived for the tour, I sneaked off and headed down the hall searching for my new home. Following the maps I ended up in the art room. I quickly realized that I was in the wrong place. It was an easy mistake seeing how all the room are basically unpainted dry wall with concrete floors. When I made it to my room it was like I was in heaven. A few co-workers and I joked about how the new building was heaven and that not everyone was going to make it into the pearly gates. I started to plan out every inch of the room and what the new rules would be. Then I was hit with the news that the Mac lab I fought so hard was not going to happen. Apparently my seminar portion of my lab was not set up for a lab. I fought for the lab because I only have 6 edit bays but 30 kids. It really is not best for learning in the beginning foundation courses. I did speak with a contractor who informed me that it could be set up to accommodate. Now I have the challenge of convincing administration yet again to make alterations to the plans to accommodate my program.