any time of year

today was my first day of teaching at both the high school and one of the colleges i'll be at this fall. the morning was spent at the high school... the highlight of which was watching the students receive the combinations to their lockers, then stand in front of them while the resident priest blessed them. them being the lockers. just in case there was any sort of demonic locker possession going on. and then he sprinkled them in the face with holy water. them being both the students and the lockers. in the face. outrageous.

one of my classes at the college had a whopping three students in it. one of those students is the type that likes to correct everything you say and try to lead the lecture. we're not going to be friends. he also made sure to let us know that he's really good at both english at math, that he's memorized most of the fractions as decimals, and that he's good at drawing trees at any time of the year. i am unsure if that means that he's good at drawing trees in december as well as july, or if he's not thrown by those crazy shape-shifting oaks and their sneaky seasonal morphing. it's probably both. he seems really talented. ugh. i also made sure to tell my other class (this one having 21 students) to be sure to come to class because the rumor is that i'm super awesome. no laughing, no nothing. just blank stares. fantastic.