180 Days of Ready

I’m sitting in front of the Detroit Public Schools Police Department waiting for the doors to open so that I can pick up my ID and then head to my work site for the very first time.

Tim Horton’s hazelnut latte is delicious; my breakfast sandwich with egg and tomato hit the spot. I’m relaxed in comfortable yet stylish clothes and am rockin’ the fro with my Fibonacci sequence necklace and pi earrings. Yaaassss.

Today I join thousands of teachers across America who are preparing to educate our future. It’s 180 days of joy and frustration and lesson plans and conferences and doubt and despair and tragedy and triumph.

I’m proud to be here. And I’m ready.