The school year is well underway now. Things have been getting crazy. Those in the education profession will understand what I mean when I say I look forward to starting 3 quarter in 3 months so I can start to have a little bit of faith in the "official" schedule. Now if this is not the norm, let me know where you teach, I need to know how you do it, but at my school, nothing is ever set in stone. Schedules, reading groups, curriculum, standards, expectations, budgets, etc. One of the big changes at my school is the enrollment. I went from 17 students last year, to starting this year with 21, and I am now up to 27.
Because I have to look at the funnier side of this to keep from going crazy (and aging 20 years by the end of May) I have a story to tell you. I have 4 students with the same name... two of them have the same last name too. Lets say their names are Jose. Let me tell you what I called them and how it changed as they joined my class.
At first I had 2 Jose students, both with the last name Hernandez (names have been changed, but the general idea is the same):
- Jose J. Hernandez, and Jose T Hernandez. That is easy right, one is Jose J. and the other is Jose T.
Another Jose joins the class, with the last name Taylor. Well, so much for Jose T. Hernandez being called Jose T. Now they are called:
- Jose J.
- Jose Thomas (this is Jose T. Hernandez)
- Jose T.
Yet another Jose joins the class. You will never guess what his middle name is... yep Jose Thomas Johnson! So now, if I call Jose T. Hernandez, Jose Thomas, then the new Jose will be confused, So do I call the new Jose, Jose J.? Oh wait, I already got one of those... crap.
So what do I call them now? Jose. That's it. If I say Jose and I am looking at you, then you are the one I want. Now what do I do with my identical twins (that dress the same too) named Mary and Mery? I guess that will have to be a story for another post!
