Fi-ya Pow-ah

Today started normally. Got to school, settled in, got some work done. The school day started next with homeroom and then first period (my free) all going smoothly.

I started to look out the window and saw that it was absolutely down-pouring outside. Just then the fire alarms at the school started to go off. (Even with a friendly automated voice: ATTENTION ATTENTION A FIRE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUILDING). So I grabbed my jacket and began to walk down the stairs and out the building with the students.

We got outside and you could see a sea of the school's 1100+ students all soaked and dripping wet from the pouring rain. Teachers began to complain that this was the worst time for a fire drill, someone else noted that was lightning in the distance and so on. Soon the principal called everyone back into the building before the fire department was even able to show up.

Apparently there was actually a fire in the building, somewhere in the kitchen but it was handled and dealt with. But now, all the students are drenches head to toe as they head back into the building. After the teachers were able to settle their students back down, the principal came out the loud speaker and announced that the teachers should be lenient in terms of the school uniforms and gave students permission to where sweatshirts, t-shirts or any other dry clothes they may have with them.

At that announcement, the hallways filled up with students all headed for their lockers, lockerrooms, and some back outside to their cars to get some clothes to wear.

In any case, it's an interesting start to the third day of school (and I haven't even started teaching yet)