punching out here on the first full day of the school year. Yes, we do punch out at my school. That’s a that’s a whole story in and of itself. But today is the day I introduce the seating chart to my students. And of course, they complain about this. Like, why do we got to have a seating chart? Well, let me tell you the reason why we got to have a seating chart. Number one, I have the power over names. Like I can learn all the names of my students. And there is power in names. So I want every advantage that I can have. I need to know their names. Number two, I need these kids interacting. This is a generation that does not interact with one another. And so the seating chart is going to force that to happen. If you don’t like interaction, don’t go to public school. Reason number three. Oh my goodness. My first year of teaching, I said I’m not going to have any seating charts because when I was growing up, I hated seating charts. I was the introverted kid who didn’t want to sit next to anybody. So I was going to write this wrong and not have seating charts. Well, seven weeks into the year, I didn’t know any of my students names, none of them. Security shows up to my door. They say, is this student in your room? I’m like, I looked at my roster. I’m like, no, he’s not. He’s not on my roster. And the police officer goes, he’s right there. And sure enough, a kid had been sitting in my room for seven weeks. Seven weeks wasn’t even on my roster. He was just hanging out with his friends. He was kind of doing the work, not turning it in, but kind of doing the work like the rest of them. And I got in serious trouble for that. So I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no. From now on, seating charts.