Involuntary Perseverence
This week I have been thinking about the changing classroom experiences, the actual physical location of my classroom that I have had in my 23-year career. While the Carolinas are full of smiling faces and beautiful places, it is also a place where the average rainfall this winter is about 5 out of 7 days (not a scientific estimate, just my bad attitude assessment). These thoughts have been inspired mainly by offensive amounts of rain this February. I am sensitive to an all-day soaker because I teach out of a trailer. My department volunteered to relocate to the trailers in 2017 with the expectation that our new school would be finished in 2020, and that we would be ahead because we would have things somewhat packed up and ready to relocate in 3 years. But then 2020 did its 2020 things and we are still teaching from our tiny homes. Up to 5 times throughout the school day, I find myself putting on my coat, getting out the umbrella, and hustling into the building for my restroom bre...