Now she understands. Another teacher nearby commented about how the others resented my being given the duty for all year, because they never got to know the new guy. I have not had the serious discipline problems I faced early last year. I had some of the juniors as sophomores, and they are a good bunch. I had to stop class today when a boy was acting like he was mentally handicapped, but that was quickly and calmly handled, by myself and classmates.
Yearbook photography is much clearer than last year, with a bigger staff.
With the larger staff, I could afford to scare people out. I've been looking into short plays to put on in the spring of 2001, and am thinking possibly about having a night of improv instead. Rather than falling behind, I manage to get ahead. I went to school for an hour and a half this weekend and made copies when there was no one else to fight over the copier.