Mrs. Powers is back =]

As soon as I walked in the door, Mrs. Powers approached me with wide eyes. She told me to look at the room, and when I looked around I saw open paint bottles, ruined paint brushes, oil pastels everywhere, and overall disarray. It seems that after I had left school because I was feeling ill, the sub had allowed the students to take out art materials and make whatever they wanted. I spent the first block, which is Mrs. Powers' free block, helping her clean-up and organize. It was clear that she was not happy about the state her room was left in. None of the classes have owned up to the damage yet. Also, I had given a short presentation with background information they would need when they viewed the movie Pollock. However, when I had finished my presentation and was ready for the video, we couldn't figure out how to rewind the tape. The remote had run out of batteries, so I was sent all over the school in search for batteries, someone who could rewind the tape, and someone who could help us turn the sound on. By the time we had figured everything out, class was over and we had wasted about half an hour trying to get the video working. Lesson learned; always make sure the technology is working BEFORE it's ready to be presented. Anyway, Mrs. Powers showed the middle school a video about Pop Art and the difference between Mrs. Powers and the sub was substantial. Mrs. Powers made them take notes on the video (which she collected) and had a discussion about the video after it was finished to make sure the students had learned something. She asked them questions and kept them engaged, which is good! When the kids stopped paying attention, she threatened them with a quiz.