After a Full Week

After a full week of work, I was not nearly as tired as I thought I would be. Part of this is probably due to the fact that I basically sit behind a desk all day and grade papers. I probably only spent 15 minutes in front of the class every day this past week. That will soon change.

First, I want to talk about the pep rally we had on Friday. I remember pep rallys at my high school and I remember the obnoxious competition between the senior class and the junior class. What I don't remember is the huge possibility of an outright riot. That is how I felt at this pep rally. I spent a majority of the pep rally scanning the crowds waiting for shit to hit the fan.

Too many kids in too small of a space with wayyyyyy to much energy. I guess technically as a teacher I was supposed to be watching the kids for any misbehavior that might be happening so that it could be brought to the attention of the administration. Instead I was watching for shit to go down so that I could get the hell out of there.

I don't do well in enclosed spaces and I definitely don't do well in enclosed spaces that are overcrowded with kids possessing that much energy. Claustrophobic people should not be required to attend pep rallys.

Also, they had some local rappers come in and sing a song. The chorus (or bridge) consisted of the following "Splash Splash Splash. Juice Juice Juice." Yeah. When I wasn't worried about a riot breaking out, I was wondering what the eff the person who approved this song was thinking. From the perspective of a 23 year old who listens to a minor amount of rap, but goes to bars occassionally, I questioned the appropriateness of both "splash" and "juice." Luckily I'm not the only intern so I didn't have to be the one to awkwardly point this out to the teachers who had no clue that this might not be appropriate. (Ps. Most of the English teachers knew that this was not appropriate. Way to be socially aware English Department!!).

Post pep rally, my teacher and I discussed the potential romantic pairings of students in our fourth block. This was way better than the pep rally.

I can't remember anything productive I did because basically everything was overshadowded by the pep rally (catastrophe). In no way is this supposed to be a negative comment against the school in which I am interning. They did an excellent job keeping the crowds under control. Clearly the students knew that they were not going to get away with anything. Well done School I Intern At. Not so well done for me and my ginormous fear of rooms with shit tons of people in them.