Last Saturday Class for the Year

It is Saturday, January 15, 2011 and I will teach my last Saturday classes for the 2010-11 school year today. Whenever I tell people that I teach every Saturday morning, I generally get the same reaction: "What?!" And in truth, there have been times when the alarm clock went off on Saturday and I opened my eyes and grimaced at the prospect of teaching on a Saturday.

After 16 Saturday's, I can officially say that this is my last. I am definitely not sorry to see them go, but it hasn't been all bad. Usually classes are more relaxed on Saturday and since my classroom is tucked back in a corner up on the 5th floor, no one ever really checks in to see what I'm teaching (or not teaching) on Saturday. My first session is six eleventh graders who I teach during the week so it was almost like an extra class period each week to go over concepts that they were still struggling with from the week. My second session was an entirely different (and sometimes horrible) story, but after 11:45 a.m. today, I won't have to deal with them again!

Needless to say, my outlook is pretty bright on today. I know that I have to actually teach for three hours still, but at this point in time I can see the light and I am in a dead sprint to get to the end. Is it noon yet?