Still a Nerd

Today was a rough day. Definitely one of the three worst days of teaching ever. My seventh graders just trampled my spirits and I had zero patience by the end of the day. I felt bad because by fourth period I kept snapping at kids who had done nothing wrong. I owe them treats or something. It doesn't help that I've been super hormonal the last few days. Thank you PMS...

Ironically, it was a bunch of students that ended up turning my day around. This year I'm taking students from our school to the State Math Contest at UVU. We had our first practice after school. After such a horrible day I walked into a room full of the smartest "math nerds" our school has to offer and I felt at home. I am such a nerd through and through. My best part of the day was doing math problems with these brilliant junior high students. Oh, the healing power of math...sigh.