Secret Life of the American Teacher

As I sit before the computer that has been deemed "mine" since it is the only one in the school which responds to my username and password, I am surrounded by the unusual sights and sounds which have become part of the white noise of my life. A crowded room in Manhattan, with views of the surrounding concrete jungle and blinding sunlight filtering through the windows, filled with educators espousing wisdom and searching for answers to life's unknowns. "What exactly is for lunch today?", "Life is like a roll of toilet paper, it goes faster when you get to the end.", "How do they expect me to teach three classes at the same time?" "I'm out like a fat kid in dodgeball." All the while a guitar is being passed around the room while everyone shows off their various levels of musical skill and we discuss how men are like dolphins and why then end of June seems so far away...and the Xerox machine explodes a confetti of paper punches to celebrate the beginning of the next period.