I
always envy my friends in corporate positions who talk about the doctor's
appointment or lunch that they just "ducked out for" (for three hours!). Teaching is not
one of those careers where you can "duck out for" anything, unless
you're okay with the possibility of a fistfight.
So
I literally spent WEEKS trying to convince one of my good friends to reschedule
her wedding that was going to be held during
the first week of school. Being absent during the first week falls in my
top ten list for nightmares. Not surprisingly, she was not impressed by my
pleas.
I
used to spend hours preparing for subs. I would write out detailed plans
related to our current unit, print and label everything with color-coded
Post-it Notes, and then realize I had made a typo and start all over. You can't make up this level of inane time-wasting.
