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Guess who showed up in my classroom today, five months after I started teaching there?

Yup, Mr. Principal Man.

Without warning, I'm working with a kid at the computer and I get a tap on my shoulder. "I'm in here today." All righty then. Because of my political subversiveness? Oh yeah.

Here's what happened:
Most of the kids didn't do their homework. Those who did went immediately to the computers to start typing, the rest I got working on what they didn't do and then they caught up.

Every kid worked just about all hour - some were a little off-task for a few minutes, but overall about a 98% on-task rate. They asked questions, I helped, they helped each other. He asked for my grade book and lesson plan book - I printed them out for him.

OK, how could I seriously be doing anything better? Kids are writing about something they read.

We'll see. To his benefit, he did say, "Things went fine. See me tomorrow."

I won't see him tomorrow - I'm way too busy. But at least he'll finally hit me with his best shot. Recommend for rehire? Not that it matters, but I do want a good letter of rec from him.