September?

Is it really September already?  We have officially been in school for 4 weeks now.  That seems crazy!  And I'm already behind on blogging.

The year is off to a really good start I think.  Over all, my class sizes are all up from last year.  My biggest class is 18 and the smallest is 5.  That's quite a turn around from 3 years ago when my smallest class was 2.  My FCCLA numbers look like they will be up this year too.  If everyone joins that has told me they're thinking about it, I may have 26.  That's double my numbers from the first year! 

Here are some other random short stories from the first month of school.

• The first few weeks in my Orientation to FACS class is notes and discussion based.  This can be a bit challenging when you have one hour of the class that won't talk to you.  I could barely even get a smile out of them!  This was a very tough crowd!  They've finally started loosening up a tad though and stopped looking at me like I'm an alien. 
• I have always felt that the first few topics in Orientation are a little on the boring side.  It's not my favorite part to teach, but I try to make it as interesting as possible.  I was told yesterday by one of my sections that they actually enjoyed this part.  Made my day.
• One of my students walked up beside me in the hallway today right after lunch and asked with a big smile on his face, "How's my favorite teacher today?"  I laughed and asked what he wanted.  "Nothing, I just thought I'd ask," he replied, still smiling.
• I have 4 and possibly 5 FCCLA girls interested in doing competitions this year! 

There's probably more stories I've forgotten, but those were some of the ones that really melted my heart.  It's hard to believe how much easier year 3 is so far.  I finally feel like I know what I'm doing.  I love my kids and therefore I love my job!