I finally managed to sneak a photo of the staffroom chaos to show you all. Taken from my desk, this show the amount of scheduling mania that occurs here. Up the front are the principal and vice-principals desks, behind which is The Blackboard which has a monthly planner and also a day-by-day schedule which tells me how many dull meetings I will need to attend and the like. You may also notice that each desk has an actual mound of books and paper and shit on it, most teachers also have a little shelf under their desk too, where I put my feet. The homeroom teachers also have a desk full of crap in their classrooms too. I don't have a photo of my desk but it is easy to describe; empty. I don't know about anyone elses primary school, but my school's staffroom was quite different. More of a teachers' retreat; lounges, a fridge, sink and coffee machine, no desks or schedules and what not. I think they had an overhead projector in the corner but I am dubious as to whether it was ever used. It was the sanctuary for the adults and being admitted in there was a great honour and really quite scary. The kids here run in and out of the office willy nilly. Sometimes they stand behind me and watch me type saying hayai!! (fast).
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