I hope my first day will be filled with joy and excitement and enthusiasm for learning, for lunch, for reading, for making new friends, for recess, for homework, for fresh glue, for new pencils, for algebra, for paper footballs...

Friday, August 6, 2010

Mr I Builds a Time Machine

Eureka.

With barely any effort, I managed to create a time machine for hurling into the future. And, as hurling would suggest, I’m a little sick. Please, mister, stop the ride and let me off.

My recipe for time travel:

• 2 parts summer distractions
• 3 parts classes
• ½ part mild procrastination
• 17 parts cluelessness, blissful ignorance, and misdirection
• ¼ part “What have I gotten myself into?”
• 4 parts acute anxiety

Throw all the ingredients together into one super-enthusiastic, no-experience, soon-to-be teacher, shake, and voila!: time travel.

That or I’ve pulled a Rip Van Winkle because I’m 92.4% certain that last week was mid-May. Whatever phenomenon it is at work here, I refuse to believe that in less than a fortnight, I’ll be standing in front of a class of merciless, meat-eating 5th graders!

Perhaps now would be a good time to stock up on barf-bags-I have a feeling this ride isn’t going to slow down for a while.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Mr I