Day 39 -- After School Professional Development

Today after school, a bunch of us teachers decided to do a little "Professional Development" at the local chicken wings sports bar establishment in Jackson.  It was a good chance for us to blow off a little steam, have an adult beverage, toast to the new semester, and share our best first semester final exam time stories (exams finished up today).

My favorite came from Mr. A, who teaches freshmen World History and also Government for juniors and seniors.  Apparently a freshman in his World History class finished taking his exam and came up to turn it in.  As he did, he asked Mr. A, "Wasn't there supposed to be a map part on this?"  Mr. A replied that yes there was supposed to be a map part...and didn't he do it on the test?  As it turns out, this freshman had taken the entire Government test by mistake and hadn't even realized that he was taking the wrong test.

Classic.

What's even funnier is that this student then complained about having to take the correct exam after he had already taken the Government final exam

I was so grateful today for the chance to talk and laugh with my colleagues outside of school.  It seems like we only see each other under high stress, so it was wonderful just to be loose and have some fun.

Thank God for after school professional development!

Lord, thank you for a good group of fun people to work with.  Thank you that we had a chance to have a break today to just enjoy each other's company.  I pray that it would provide us with a boost to begin the new semester.  In your name I pray, amen.

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