First teacher day back in 8 years!. ✅ 6 Spanish classes taught.✅ Sore feet.✅ Student smiles and optimism.✅ No regrets. #MattsBackInClass

It's been 8 years. This is my first teacher work day in 8 years. Desks are arranged. My desk is cleaned. Planning lessons. I used the words "my classroom" recently for the first time in years. Excited. Let's do this. #MattsBackInClass

Teaching license renewal: SUBMITTED ✅. School starts next week. Back in the classroom . again! #MattsBackInClass

One day into my return to the classroom . I'm enjoying teaching and the students. But this is the best part . Riding to school with (and being down the hall from) this beauty -- my wife, the social studies teacher! ♥️♥️. #MattsBackInClass

🗓️ 14 days til I'm back in the classroom. Lesson plan book ACTIVATED. It's getting real! #MattsBackInClass

Image generators are a language teacher's dream. Take vocabulary words of about anything and mash them together in one image. Today, I'm teaching about animal vocabulary. I asked @ideogram_ai to put them in fun scenes. Students describe. Hilarity ensues. #MattsBackInClass

Now that I'm teaching again, what tools will I ACTUALLY use in class?. Oh, hello there Peary . 🍐🍐. Using @PearDeck next period in Spanish 2!. #MattsBackInClass

If you're traveling to #fetc, what's your update? How's it going? ✈️. For me: One more day of teaching and I leave in the morning! #MattsBackinClass

Back to the classroom, part 2! I'm teaching high school Spanish again this coming school year! . Spanish 3. First period. I have 32 kids enrolled in my class. 😳. Can't wait to tell you all about the journey -- and lessons learned -- throughout the year. #MattsBackInClass

My face when students walk by and I try to remember ALL of their names as they're walking by . ✅ Remember that one.✅ Remember that one.❌ DON'T know that one yet!. (SO many names to learn!). #MattsBackInClass

New classroom. Just got the keys. School starts Monday! #MattsBackInClass

I swear half my job in the classroom isn't teaching content. It's teaching kids that YES YOU CAN. I believe in you. You can do this. #MattsBackInClass.

@jmattmiller Yayayyy! 💯🎉😁 Hope it's the best year yet!! #MattsBackinClass

Grading. Eight years out of the classroom, and this reality had escaped me. Grading is TEDIOUS. #MattsBackInClass.

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Observation: The mood in different class periods fluctuates wildly some days. Today . Period 1: A little chatty.Period 2: Totally wound up.Period 3: Really mellow.Period 4: Subdued. Class personality varies a lot, but the mood of the day affects it a LOT. #MattsBackInClass.