Won't Get Fooled Again, Unless Your A Student In My Class Because You Might Learn Something

Another school year is done and done.  But not really, I still have amath teacher to hire and with our department's admin leaving for another school and the replacement being really lame, it's up to me.  So I have one more interveiw tomorrow and if she's really good then she'll get the job but if not I have another candidate in mind.   

How do I wrap-up the school year in a post.  I have been thinkg about it for  couple weeks.   Our school really had an incredible year and for me it was most memorable.  I will never forget our Band trip to the inauguration in Januray.   Lately, I avoided writing about the sadness because at some point it is just too, much (yes this happened last week). 

One my most cherished memories happened last Thursday as my students finished their final exam.  I actually have an office attached to my classroom.   The office houses most of our math texts and teaching materials as well as a few personal odds and ends.  

Since, I am a teacher pack-rat I have box full of paper wads that I collected over the year.   While I collected the last of the final exams several students sneaked into the office and retrieved the balls of paper.  Then Suddenly a wall of paper rained down on me.   At the moment.  I knew that most of these kids got it - they understood.  Math doesn't have to be boring.  We can do crazy stuff and learn.   Next year -  their first task will be to write an equation for the path of a paper ball taveling from their hand to my head.  Could it be quadratic?