Blogging’s been slow lately as our teachers reported back on Monday. As the master schedule guru, I’ve had a busy week as we’ve enrolled 100 more students than expected and were already using almost every room every period. (Again – you can teach band in a portable, right?)
During the course of the week, all of us — administrative staff included — did the required “butt-time” during mandatory district inservices. While I’m not sure exactly who was really being “serviced” by all of this, I have compiled the list below in an attempt to move us beyond the cheesy (but well-intentioned), gimmicky quasi-motivational items that we seem to see year after year after year. I hope that folks will take this in the spirit it’s intended (it’s Friday and I need to de-stress a bit!) and feel free to add any that I’ve missed.
Here we go – starting with the one that makes me the most nauseous…
A Lesson from Geese
That Apple Teacher Video from 6 Years Ago
Maurice Cheeks and Natalie Gilbert Singing the National Anthem
That “Shift Happens” Video
Kidding on the last one, of course. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention. I actually still like the reaction from people who are seeing it for the first time, but I think I’ve seen it almost as many times as I’ve seen the original Star Wars trilogy…
You are so dead for using the Apple teacher movie as a clip that makes you gag! I am really going to give you a hard time on Sunday night now. None of my teachers had seen this one. You’re lucky I have thick skin!!!
They were all good the first two or three times. Except the geese one.
Hey, what was wrong with Mo Cheeks helping that girl out in the Rose Garden? He was a classy guy doing a classy thing. We love that clip here in the PNW! Of course, the Blazers at the time couldn’t have anything classy associated with their name, so they soon let Cheeks go.
That’s a great clip of Mo and the girl. It even brought a tear to my eye the first 471 times I saw it.
I’m commenting on my new cool phone. Didn’t even watch the geese clip. may have seen that years ago.