Year one Roller coaster

Ok so it is true it has been forever. Well for those who know this has been my first year teaching high school (officially). There have defiantly been ups and downs so far and with only a bit over a month to go i will expect the roller coaster to continue. the first half of the school year went fairly smoothly only to lead to the non-sense of the second half. As we all know the economy is well not a pretty sight. so i spent a few months freaking out and fully expecting to gat a pink slip due to me being the "new guy". Somehow i managed to avoid that bullet ( for now) because of the economy they can still lay off teachers all the way untill August so i shall try not to stress about it. The question i pose to everyone tho is this. When did school become all about the BS of paper work, mind games, and burocracy instead of actualy teaching ? some how i have become known as the one that wont take crap in the art department and this is while trying to keep my mouth shut. so hopefully that is a good thing but only time will tell. for now i will try to find something to do while on my spring break.