{"id":2222,"date":"2014-08-18T19:28:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T23:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2014-08-18T19:28:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T23:28:41","slug":"oh-by-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2222","title":{"rendered":"Oh, by the way …"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been an insanely busy week or so for me. I’ve changed careers. Seriously. I was a spokesman for a law enforcement agency. Now I’m a biology teacher. Yes, you read that right. I had my first day of school today. I’ll try to post a bit more about the sudden change, but for now you can find a snippet at my author blog<\/a>. And here is my reflection on my first day:<\/p>\n

I survived my first day as a high school biology teacher. Wow, it was a blur. That’s about all I can say. I had some minor adjustments to make after the first few periods when I finished what I planned to do with way too much time left before the bell. By about third period I found a way to fill the time and the rest of the day went about as smooth as can be expected. Way too many zombies were staring off into space and yawning and trying to snooze, but nearly everyone perked up when I told them about some of my Marine Corps and Sheriff’s Office experiences. The rest of the week should be interesting. There are assemblies and fire drills galore already on the schedule starting tomorrow. Adapt and overcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been an insanely busy week or so for me. I’ve changed careers. Seriously. I was a spokesman for a law enforcement agency. Now I’m a biology teacher. Yes, you read that right. 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