Thursday, September 17, 2015

Sneak Peak Behind the Doors

As a child I always looked up to the teacher and saw their little pencil cases with perfectly sharpened pencils, charted notebooks with straight lined papers and properly hand written notes and grades in it- the perfect example of an organized person.

Then I became a teacher. And every week I tell myself “I will get organized.”

Usually, on Monday my voice is full of enthusiasm, zeal of motivation and spirited passion… with eventual degeneration to anguished heartache and gloom.  

So here it is: This is my desk…..




While am sitting here staring at my desk and slowly move my head from left to right, I do notice that there is a lot I may aspire to. After all there are those few who seem to have it all under control.  I mean Prof. Tom without a doubt knows what is important and keeps is simple – coffee and donuts are a must.


Picture curtesy of my colleague Prof. Tom

My eyes spark, my hear skips a bear – I focus… yes, this is what I want:  Prof. Veronika surely has reasons for her daily cheerfulness. Perfect combination of Janus and Hydieia – maybe will rename her the Janudia  - goddess of perfection and organization.Yup, that is her desk… and my mood drops to pure meloncholy.

Picture curtesy of my colleague Prof. Veronika V.

My hand twitches. The black marks on the papers suddenly crawl like spiders… time to clean, time to hide….. and then I glance behind me… well, on I do believe that I am not so bad after all… it could be worse….


Picture curtesy of my colleague Prof. Irenka
Picture curtesy of my colleague Prof. Verinka





















In the end…. I still have more than 150 days of school in front of me…plenty of time to clean the desk.