What? No butcher paper? And other frustrations

Initially, I was going to write about getting my classroom ready and making bulletin boards without butcher paper. If you are a teacher, you understand that this is a foreign concept. However, now that I have finished 2 days of school; the lack of butcher paper seems, well, cute. I decided to simply make a list of all of the things that I did not have the first 2 days of school.

1. Textbooks
2. Any other book other than a teachers manual
3. Water, as in there is no drinking water at school
4. Food- cafeteria does not serve lunch on half days
5. Pencils
6. Notebook paper
7. Phone
8. Internet
9. Teacher computer
10. Any computer
11. Overhead projecter
12. Document camera
13. Three-hole punch
14. Teacher scissors
15. Student cubbies
(also, the desks are the high school kind with only a wire basket under the chair)
16. Table
17. Carpet
18. Markers
19. Sharpies
20. Crayons
21. Scotch tape
22. Sticky notes
23. Planner
24. Ready access to the copy machine (it’s run like a print shop)
25. The coffee maker in the teacher lounge is broken
26. Laminator
27. Rulers

28. Rubber bands
29. Printer

30. Glue

31. Teacher work room

32. File Cabinet

33. Butcher paper

Let’s just call it Extreme Teaching.