Room 200:

A large (by most standards) and lovely air-conditioned room that will be my home, sweet home for the next ten months (or 180 school days, however you choose to look at it.)

I spent the better part of a week getting it all set up, including giving it a much-needed paint job. I wonder where all the other teachers were, considering the school was opened . It seems like there is so much to be done, I don't know how they do it in a day or two. The walls were so heinous. This summer, when I first saw the school, it had been overrun with graffiti. Last year, I'm told, the school was basically run by the students. Teachers had either given up or left. Videos (like the "Nightmare before Christmas" I found in my closet) were used to lull students or prevent them from running the halls or makin out in the back. What happened here?

At any rate, my room is glorious. It's got two doors, to, which should make student traffic easier to manage (one for "in," one for "out"). I had to add some tres-dorky pre-made teacher posters, but hopefully I'll be able to replace those soon.