Blog Therapy

So here I am doing a blog. I actually got the idea for this from a good friend/mentor who also does his own blog. This is going to be a place for me to vent, share ideas, throw out my random thoughts, etc. But be warned, these are my opinions and my thoughts so if you don't like them...then don't read my blog. This will mostly be about my job/life as a band director but there may be some other stuff thrown in there sometimes. I just started as the new director at Swansea H.S. and so far I am really enjoying my job. It's a very different atmosphere and mentality from where I used to work. It's not one of those situations where I would say "the grass is always greener" (Carolina Crown :-) because its a different school, different kids, different staff, different parents, etc. but like I said I am enjoying teaching there. We have a very young group this year (about 75% is 8th - 10th) and I think that is going to be a little hard for some of the older kids to get used to. It doesn't mean that I won't work them just as hard but they do have some limits. I will see how far they can go though. Well I'm off to find some medicine. Caught a cold a couple of days ago...but this is no time to take off from work.