This is the 8th day in a 30 day challenge from Teach Thought.
Day 8: What's in your desk drawer, and what can you infer from those contents?
If you were to snoop through the contents of my desk drawers, you could quickly conclude that I am organized, obsessed with office supplies and sentimental. I suppose most teachers horde office supplies, but I might have the record for binder clips, post-it notes and erasable pens.
Each drawer contains a plastic organizer, so that the supplies can be grouped for easy access. Each compartment is labeled. Yeah. I know. A little OCD, but it works for me.
Next to the office supplies, I have small office equipment like a heavy-duty hole punch, a label maker, extra staplers and a hot glue gun. I also have a tape measure, screw driver with adjustable heads, and a hammer and some nails. I like to be prepared for any situation.
Since I have a hard time throwing out office supplies, I have one "junk drawer" that contains miscellaneous items like old flash drives discarded by students, hole reinforcer stickers, and random stationary pads.
In my top desk drawer I keep a collection of notes from colleagues and students. After a particularly trying day, I sometimes pull those out and read through them. I also have the DVD videos I created for my National Board Certification. I just can't bear tossing those out. At least not yet.
Organized, sentimental and a hoarder of office supplies. I think that is a pretty accurate description of me.
I still have my NBCT videos as well- such a big part of our lives it is hard to let them go!
ReplyDeleteYes, Elizabeth! Glad someone else can relate.
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