I had been teaching about five years or so, I guess, when this happened.
I stayed up late one night reading. No. Really. I knew I was going to have a hard time getting up the next day for school, but the book was just sooooo good. (Okay, I know you ELA teachers can relate. lol!)
I don't know if I forgot to set my alarm or if I just turned it off and rolled over, but the next thing I knew, my phone was ringing. I looked at the clock. 10:00. I grabbed the phone and said, "I'm on my way." The school secretary just laughed. I threw on my clothes and rushed to work. By the time I got there it was third block. THIRD BLOCK.
Now you may be asking yourself, Why did no one miss me before third block? Was I off the first two blocks? Why, no. No I was not. However...
The first two blocks were very small classes for struggling readers. I also had students who acted as my teacher's aides in each class. They always checked roll and put the list of absent students on the clip in the hallway. (Before the days of computers, folks. lol!)
The classes were so quiet that no one noticed I wasn't there. Nobody went to the office to ask where his/her teacher was. They just hung out. 😅
Who knows when they would have noticed? But another teacher stopped by to ask me a question, and when she asked where I was, the class confessed that they hadn't seen me at all.
Every time I think about this, I crack up. I didn't even get into too much trouble because my principal was too busy laughing.
But after that, they did implement a sign-in procedure. 😇
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