IT'S FRIDAY FRIDAY GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY

No. No it is not Friday. Sunday came afterward, and tomorrow comes that dreaded day that Rebecca Black cannot even begin to fathom: Monday.

Fortunately, I have a flex day at work, which essentially means I don't have to do anything because I don't teach a subject covered by our standardized tests. Thank God.

So I've been watching Scrubs again, and I forgot how much I love this show. I have nothing witty to say, I just wanted to let my adoring fans know.

I've been teaching at this school since March 1st, and in a lot of ways I like it. My high school band class is fine, and the 6th grade band and the 7-8th grade band class are awesome. Middle school kids are my jam.

I also have a class period that is, quite simply, hell on earth. Let me introduce you to one of the most basic axioms of public education:

Class = Subject + Teacher + Students

Remove any one of those elements, and you get a different result.

Subject + Teacher - Students = FREE DAY

That's right.

Subject + Students - Teacher = TAKS test (or possibly substitute teacher day)

Students + Teacher - Subject = THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, BUT YOU DO NOT FEEL FINE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO REIN IN THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF TEN TO THIRTY ADOLESCENTS

I bring this up because my fourth period class is literally pointless. Its official title is "Music Ensemble"; of my ten students, only three of them are in the high school band class, and of those three, two do literally nothing every day. The other seven are some of the worst discipline problems in the entire school. I am full of displeased whenever I even contemplate this class. The period from 10:32 am to 11:17 am is the worst part of my day.

Fortunately, immediately following that period is my conference period, immediately following that is lunch, and immediately following THAT is my favorite class of the day. So I don't let Evil McHellClass get me down; I suffer through those poor 45 minutes and then bask in the wonder that is the rest of my day.

It also helps that I'm getting paid $15.54 for those 45 minutes of hell. Not a lot, but some. :D