Awesome all! this is my 5th year of public school, and 7th year of teaching...it was a good first day today, though if I hear another "I was supposed to be in Spanish 1, not French 1," I think I will scream. My canned response was finally: "If you were supposed to be in Sp.1 all 9 sections are full, so you can stay, leave, go take art or one of the other foreign languages, or wait until a miracle happens and you might just get in." Sometimes they just can't seem to go with the flow...besides, my class is more fun than spanish. I've observed all the spanish teachers.
It was a great first day though.
Admin messed up the schedule and gave me Fr. 2 6th period, so all of my student atheletes from last year are assed-out...bummer. I tried to get it changed, but then a bunch of other kids were affected.