The first REAL week…

The “first” week of school is over.  I have a good idea of what I’m up against.

The thing I love about the first week of school is that its ABSOLUT-ly pointless, except for encouraging kids to drink before they actually have to start putting in work. Our school started on wednesday the 27th.  We went to school for 3 days and then its the weekend.  Some look at this as good and bad.  From a lot of students standpoint, ”WOW!” this is great.  With only 3 days, it makes the transition back to school a little easier and you know you’re not going to have any homework.  Teachers think its a vacation for them too. 

Educationally, whats the point.  I have a bad back from 2 car accidents and the first week reminds me how much of a “mission impossible” it is to sit still and stay focused.  It seems like im either shifting my weight, putting my legs up and down, or cracking something for 1 hour straight.  This is torture in itself, so to cut out 3 pointless days would be great.  I’m sure the person behind me thinks I need adderall and is making random jokes comparing me to Tourettes Guy.  Wouldn’t it make more sense just to start the following monday and actually TEACH?  I mean really, if a teacher NEEDS to read and explain you a syllabus, should you really be in college?  Does it really take 3 days to explain?  This is just something I will never get… actually…

I’ve came to a conclusion what the real reasoning behind the first week is:

Wear all your new clothes and look cool.  I think I accomplished that.  So my first week was a sucess.