I can't wait until Friday!!!

[cjmtfd102401]

I can't wait... the office I work at we close at noon on fridays so I decided to take friday off and go birthday shopping for myself (b-day is thursday) and since we are going to be closed monday and tuesday that means I will have a 5-day weekend. I didn't realize it until the doctors wife said something about it. The only part that sucks about it is my fiance has to all weekend and monday and tuesday, the only day he is off is friday.

So who else is going to have a long weekend?

 

[Azurik]

I have 9 days off starting this Saturday

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: cjmtfd102401
I can't wait... the office I work at we close at noon on fridays so I decided to take friday off and go birthday shopping for myself (b-day is thursday) and since we are going to be closed monday and tuesday that means I will have a 5-day weekend. I didn't realize it until the doctors wife said something about it.

So who else is going to have a long weekend?

If by long you mean 1-day, then yes.

 

[Molondo]

bastards, i get the weekends and monday off only! And i wlil be taking this time to paint my appartmant, yarr

 

[SlitheryDee]

I've said it before. My bosses don't believe in holidays.

 

[DrPizza]

No more holidays for me until Columbus day.









However, as a teacher, I'm enjoying my summer off!
And, today was my first weekday without classes; so what did I do? I went to school and spent about 4 hours working on lesson plans, etc. for next fall.

edit: 5 hours now that I think about it.

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
No more holidays for me until Columbus day.









However, as a teacher, I'm enjoying my summer off!
And, today was my first weekday without classes; so what did I do? I went to school and spent about 4 hours working on lesson plans, etc. for next fall.

What grade do you teach? I was going to school for my elem degree I wanted to teach kindergarten.

 

[axelfox]

7 day weekends for me

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: cjmtfd102401

Originally posted by: DrPizza
No more holidays for me until Columbus day.









However, as a teacher, I'm enjoying my summer off!
And, today was my first weekday without classes; so what did I do? I went to school and spent about 4 hours working on lesson plans, etc. for next fall.

What grade do you teach? I was going to school for my elem degree I wanted to teach kindergarten.

I teach in the high school... Since it's a small school, I have a lot of different things to prepare for:

Math A2 (sophomore level math in NY; a blend of algebra and geometry; more rigorous than most states, except for the state exam)

Pre-Calculus (a breeze to prepare for, except for a couple of units. Tests are a pita to make up for the students.)

Calculus - by far the easiest course to prepare for. I just make a list of topics in the order that I'm going to teach them, as well as a long list of homework assignments. Hopefully, this summer, I can think of something like a fun project of some sort for the students to do. (2 years ago, we had 4 or 5 spoons tournaments - always a great group of kids, and we're always way ahead of where we're supposed to be.)

Physics - Much more difficult to prep for; a lot of demos to set up, special equipment/props to make sure are ready, in addition to having the material ready to present to the students.

Physics lab - all my students are split into 2 lab sections. It seems as this would be a continuation of the prep for physics, but it's not. Most of my labs are independent of the course, but run parallel to what we learn in class. So, it's more material to prepare for the students, but presented in a totally different manner. Most of the time, I just have to observe the students and make sure they don't get off track for too long or make too many gross errors. I'll let them screw up and learn from their mistakes, but I also have to prevent them from wasting 3 or 4 consecutive lab periods on the wrong track.

Additionally, this is the last year of Math A2 in NY... I have to start from scratch to meet the changed standards in NY... *FINALLY* going back to algebra, geometry, trig.

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: cjmtfd102401

Originally posted by: DrPizza
No more holidays for me until Columbus day.









However, as a teacher, I'm enjoying my summer off!
And, today was my first weekday without classes; so what did I do? I went to school and spent about 4 hours working on lesson plans, etc. for next fall.

What grade do you teach? I was going to school for my elem degree I wanted to teach kindergarten.

I teach in the high school... Since it's a small school, I have a lot of different things to prepare for:

Math A2 (sophomore level math in NY; a blend of algebra and geometry; more rigorous than most states, except for the state exam)

Pre-Calculus (a breeze to prepare for, except for a couple of units. Tests are a pita to make up for the students.)

Calculus - by far the easiest course to prepare for. I just make a list of topics in the order that I'm going to teach them, as well as a long list of homework assignments. Hopefully, this summer, I can think of something like a fun project of some sort for the students to do. (2 years ago, we had 4 or 5 spoons tournaments - always a great group of kids, and we're always way ahead of where we're supposed to be.)

Physics - Much more difficult to prep for; a lot of demos to set up, special equipment/props to make sure are ready, in addition to having the material ready to present to the students.

Physics lab - all my students are split into 2 lab sections. It seems as this would be a continuation of the prep for physics, but it's not. Most of my labs are independent of the course, but run parallel to what we learn in class. So, it's more material to prepare for the students, but presented in a totally different manner. Most of the time, I just have to observe the students and make sure they don't get off track for too long or make too many gross errors. I'll let them screw up and learn from their mistakes, but I also have to prevent them from wasting 3 or 4 consecutive lab periods on the wrong track.

Additionally, this is the last year of Math A2 in NY... I have to start from scratch to meet the changed standards in NY... *FINALLY* going back to algebra, geometry, trig.

Wow it sounds like you have your hands full, good luck for next year

 

[TraumaRN]

lucky for you....wed-thurs 3p-11p both days, friday off, sat and sun 7a-7p, monday off, tuesday 7a-7p, wednesday 7a-3p, thursday-friday 3p-11p

Only bonus in all that is the 12 hour shift on the holiday.....more money FTW...

however me exhausted FTL and yea 76 hours in 10 days FTL too

 

[benliong]

I just came back from business trip in vienna, and there, they have official 4-and-a-half-day week. They get off work around noon on Friday.

Also they have a really flexible office hours, such that you can just come in at 6am and go off at 3pm. Most of the people come in at 6am to read news paper or take a nap since the boss is usually not around.

and their day time is from 5am to somewhere around 9pm.

Anyways, I got back from the trip on Sunday night and have to keep working on Monday. Sucks.