I Have 155 Kids

I'm a high school math teacher and I teach 153 students (freshmen and juniors mostly). Here is the very plain door I have to my classroom that doesn't have my name or class schedule; it has a "P" for obvious reasons.

Here is what my "workspace" looks like from the back of the room. No fun group arrangements for my students' desks, serious business only.

A view of the back wall of my room which is worth 1 million points on Pinterest (if I did that kind of thing). The wall is painted with chalkboard paint; it's textured, so it can be hard to erase!

I put a quote each week and the class schedules in the back. This song quote is from a student; I have no idea if it's any good, but it saved me from looking something up this week.

Here's my little corner and lots of interesting stuff related to my "Classrealm". What is that you ask? I let students have their own user names and guilds (teams) that let them compete academically. I also give good citizen points to let kids who don't always get A's stay competitive. The guilds can make their own signs too that you see here.

Here are some guild signs; they are all totally appropriate for school and would no way be considered offensive (like "Ice Is").

I post class and guild rankings...

And here is the leaderboard with all 153 students I teach. They get "experience" points for assignments and "achievement" points for being good kids. These things combine to give them a level that determines their overall rank.

Sorry it's sideways, but these are pins I give to students when they reach certain levels. We have (top to bottom) bronze (level 1), silver (level 3), gold (level 6), platinum (level 10), diamond (level 15), master (level 21), and grand master (level 28). I made it so only the top tier students can reach the top tier. Currently we are half way through the year and only 2-3 students are on track to teaching grand master by the end. Yes, I paid for these!

Here is my sweet set up.

Here is a nice drawing by a student. There is hope for America.

I run a Rubiks Cube Club, but it's not very popular. Here are a few cubes I brought to display.

I also do a board game club and leave games in the room each week. We just played Terra Mystica (and I crushed them at it coincidentally). I also host anime club, but there isn't any fancy stuff on display for that. We are watching Mon Psycho 100 and Assassination Classroom at the moment.

My nice students brought me all this paper. It was for extra credit so they were all about it.

Here is my podium I chill at in the front and stare at kids when they are taking a test. I let them write on it, so it's a mess.

Here is phone jail where the cell phones go when class starts. I think my fellow educators would agree that cell phones are high in the list of things that ruin education. Seriously.

Here is my view from the front of the room.

Here is a view from the window in my room. My last school didn't have windows, so it's nice to get some natural light up in here.

Here is a view down the hall from my class. Nobody is here because I come in on my days off to prepare for the next week. Boo.

I said I had 155 kids, but only mentioned 153 students. Here are my two others; they are little princesses and I love em!