Rookie Reflections

1. Going to the gym during the month of December

There is hardly anyone there. Apparently, everyone else in the world has Christmas festivities to attend besides me (not that I’m complaining… although I would like to see some Christmas lights!). No one is there to stare at me, change the television to fishing while I’m on the elliptical, or look better than me in their workout gear. An empty gym a happy Kelly makes.


(Stay tuned for “Going to the gym during the month of January” to appear on the list of things I hate next month.)


2. Teaching The Odyssey to my freshmen

They LOVE it. This unit went over millions of times better than I thought. I was afraid they’d be intimidated by the language at first glance; However, they faced it head on and liked it so much they wanted to keep reading even when the bell rang. Lessons like that remind me why I wanted to teach in the first place.

P.S. If I ever have another pet/child, I am going with Calypso for a girl and Polyphemus for a boy.



3, 4, and 5. Mark Ingram

Not only is this guy awesome at football and humble, he gave the most thankful acceptance speech I’ve ever heard. HE THANKED HIS TEACHERS, PEOPLE. What a sweet baby.








1. FedEx

If you’re not going to leave my package, that is ok. Just don’t put a note on my door saying you left it when you didn’t. Several phone calls later, you allegedly still have my package, and I’m allegedly angry.



2, 3, and 4. When a student says to me (after 17 weeks in school and many, many grammar lessons), “Hey… what do you mean pronoun? Is that like an adjective?” Count to ten. Walk away.



3. Wintertime