It's like getting tea poured directly into my soul

Smartboards. Today in class I learned you don't need a pen to write on Smartboards. You can use your fingers.

Today in class I learned that for the first time in two years, I might have a chance at writing on something without being in horrible pain.

I almost cried.

To do BEFORE I become a teacher:

Buy pants that take fewer than five minutes to un-button, otherwise I am never going to the bathroom in between classes.

I wish I could blame the sprained wrist on this one, but it really seems to be the fault of me and my ZOMGobsession with tiny-fucking-button, tab-waisted pants

Note to Future Wren

In case I get bogged down by the details when I enter the workforce, here is a list of ten reasons why I am becoming a teacher:

1. Because when I was living in Hawaii and I needed someone to talk to, my guidance counselor made fun of me and asked "what, having a problem with your boyfriend?"
2. Because I know what it's like to be the kid who doesn't feel happy to go home when the bell rings at the end of the day.
3. Because if it hadn't been for two teachers in my high school, I never would've made it to college.
4. Because my freshman year Biology teacher ruined the subject for me.
5. Because it's the only way I have left to prove I love my mother.
6. Because one day I hope to be a good enough teacher to instill my enthusiasm into a new generation of people.
7. Because my life feels incomplete without homework.
8. Because the idea of having summer break for the rest of my life makes me feel like a little kid.
9. Because I want to make sure that my kids meet at least one adult during their time in school that will respect them as a human beings and not look down on them simply because of their youth.
10. Because the ever-present, ever-juvenile part of me desperately wants to prove the MAT program wrong.
    

More notes to future Wren:

If you pick a fight with one of your students, she is exponentially less likely to attend class the next day.

Hmmm. I'll head into class in ten minutes.

A note to Future Wren:

When you have mentees of your own, and you want them to act professionally in front of your students, dress maturely, arrive on time, and essentially take responsibility for everything you are accountable for...

Do not do the following:
1) Ever use the phrase "it must be a teenager thing" in reference to them.
2) Call them "so cute."

We're either adults, or we are not. Stop making me walk the fucking borderline.