Today was the first day of school for the 1 million + students in New York City. At our school we reserve the first two days of school as All Crew Days so that we can transition back to the regular grind and give students a chance to choose their elective classes. Our Crew students - seniors, now - decided to take an outing on the very first day of school.
This was one of the more annoying logistical days since the following happened:
1) Students didn't have their permission slips so we were scrambling to get input from parents.
2) We postponed leaving for our planned trip for the metro cards to be sorted (and then left before they were ready anyway).
3) We realized that the subway pass we had required something called a "Program ID card" which we did not have, so I went back to get it.
In the end the day was actually pretty great: despite all the setbacks our Crew was empathetic to our plight and didn't give us a hard time about it. They waited patiently when there were issues and even made some good decisions. They opted to go to Brooklyn Bridge Park instead of the planned Governor's Island trip so we could spend time actually talking about summer and transitioning back to school. It was great.
This was one of the more annoying logistical days since the following happened:
1) Students didn't have their permission slips so we were scrambling to get input from parents.
2) We postponed leaving for our planned trip for the metro cards to be sorted (and then left before they were ready anyway).
3) We realized that the subway pass we had required something called a "Program ID card" which we did not have, so I went back to get it.
In the end the day was actually pretty great: despite all the setbacks our Crew was empathetic to our plight and didn't give us a hard time about it. They waited patiently when there were issues and even made some good decisions. They opted to go to Brooklyn Bridge Park instead of the planned Governor's Island trip so we could spend time actually talking about summer and transitioning back to school. It was great.
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