Work from home?

Today I did something that felt very strange at first but now at the end of the day has me wondering why we can’t do this in Canada. As a result of increased prep time there are days when teachers have no scheduled classes, this week there are more of them because the senior students are busy doing the work with the first years so teachers schedules are light. I checked in with my schedule (all online because it changes, classes are at different times, on different days, and in different rooms week to week) and found that it was blank, so… I worked from home! As a result of my conscience I was very productive, in fact I feel better prepared for my first few classes than I ever remember feeling before. What’s more I cut out the commute time (1.5 to 2 hours) and was able to pick Gus up from school which I wanted to do because I knew he had a rough day at school the day before (he was much happier today, injury free this time from recess, and he learned some Danish words). Of course the prep time and ability to work from home is exactly what has led to this year’s mandated logging of working time, but today I learned that perhaps some of us can be trusted to use time for good rather than twisted, evil, devious, teacherly troublemaking. I suppose before long the logging of time will be replaced with an implant that measures productivity levels so all our troubles will soon be over.