Die, Germs, Die!

A whole week has gone by since my last post. A sick week. A sneezy, coughing, tired week.

As I was laying in bed a few nights ago, tossing and turning in a futile attempt to get the right amount of air into my lungs, I started wondering why it was that I never got sick while teaching in California, and yet I haven't been at school for one month here, and I'm already hacking.

Here's what I came up with:

1) I don't have a classroom aide sanitizing every hard surface at the end of each and every day like I did in California.

2) Michigan schools are INSIDE. There are hallways connecting every room and every office!!! In good ol' CA, everything was open and OUTSIDE. You had to go from portable to portable to get anywhere. There was no place for germs to hide, unlike my new school where they gather at every opportunity, waiting for you to walk by so they can maim you.

Well, there's not a whole lot I can do about being cooped up inside all time, but I did decide to be more vigilant with the Clorox wipes. I used them today. It's the same kind my aide used to use, and it makes the whole room smell like my job in California.

It's a good smell.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good girl.

Your biology teacher dad.

Anonymous said...

Smelly rooms are what teaching is all about...

Anonymous said...

Have a great weekend, Princess!

Dad

Anonymous said...

I say it is the cats...

Blair said...

i understand completely. i have windows in my classroom, but can't open them. our school begins to get this musty smell and then, since its an old building, when the sewer system was wacky... well, it was horrible. found your blog today through links.

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