Just a bit overwhelmed by having a week off. For some reason it seems so daunting to have an entire week of nothing to do. Which is a lie like no other that I have nothing to do. I have to clean and do lesson plans and then it's Thanksgiving so there are those plans that I have to take care of. I really wish that this week were longer and that I wouldn't have to give it up so soon. I was hoping to have all of today off but I have to go in and sub in an English class. I really shouldn't be on here right now but I just have so many thoughts that are running around in my head that I need to do something about them. They are filling up my head until they are starting to run out of my mouth and we all know that can be very dangerous.
I will spend some quality time working on here in about two weeks. There will be lots of overdue posts that I have to right. I think that I may actually right them down by hand and then type them in, which seems daunting too. That always seems so much more work than I think that it will be but it helps get everything out of my head.
Just glad to be able to spend time with friends and family. I also need to go to the grocery store, we're starting to look a little Old Mother Hubbard but this is the worst week to have to go to the store. I just want to spend some time with my husband more than anything right now.
love ya!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Just ready...
So ready for Thanksgiving and a week off.
I really need it. Went to the doctor today having some back pain and found out that is part of why I haven't been sleeping well. So I took the extra time away from school with some meds to try and sleep but it only takes a few hours before it starts to wear off and we have no aspirin for me to take. We have advil and that with the meds will likely give me an ulcer and I'm already feeling bad so that is the last thing that I want.
Gonna finish writing up the test that I'm giving on Thursday so that on Friday we can just relax and with a playoff game Friday night that will make it easier to control the class. Of course the ones that are the problems will of course be there and the ones who sleep are the ones who already don't cause problems.
love ya!
I really need it. Went to the doctor today having some back pain and found out that is part of why I haven't been sleeping well. So I took the extra time away from school with some meds to try and sleep but it only takes a few hours before it starts to wear off and we have no aspirin for me to take. We have advil and that with the meds will likely give me an ulcer and I'm already feeling bad so that is the last thing that I want.
Gonna finish writing up the test that I'm giving on Thursday so that on Friday we can just relax and with a playoff game Friday night that will make it easier to control the class. Of course the ones that are the problems will of course be there and the ones who sleep are the ones who already don't cause problems.
love ya!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Just so disappointed....
I have no idea what is going on with the kids that I am student teaching. I really don't understand what is going on with kids today. I don't understand why it is so hard to bring paper and a pen or pencil to class. I don't understand why there are so many kids that only use pencils. They never use pens and they hate when you offer them a pen to use.
I also have a strong desire to go to all my high school teachers and apologize profusely for the way that I acted in their classes. I know that it won't make up for back then but it will make me feel better for the way that I acted. I hate it. I really hate the way I feel right now. I'm becoming bitter because of what these kids do and don't do. I spend all my time waking kids up and telling them to be quiet. I wish that there was naptime to take care of all this. They don't give a flying fart in space about the dress code. Then we have the kids who flaunt the dress code with this stupid crap about being part of that church of body modification or some junk like that so that they don't have to cut their hair.
The real world will be kicking a lot of tail in a few years when they get out into the real world. It's going to be a rude awakening for my advanced class come next year. They have no idea what college is going to be like. They all live in this world where they think that everything should be handed to them. I really don't understand it and I don't think that I will. I will be looking for a job that is not at the high school level I'm pretty sure. I really hate that because I love the material that I get to teach and know that I will be taking a serious blow to have to teach at a lower level to what I have learned but if that is what keeps me sane then that is what I am going to have to do.
I hate the fact that there is a job opening come spring where I'm student teaching right now because I don't want to stay here. I want to work with kids who care. Ones that really want to learn. These kids think that if they just show up to class and do whatever it is that they want to that they will get to pass the class. They don't understand at all how a test works. It means that you study what you've been taught for the last few weeks and then you show me what you have LEARNED not showing me what you have memorized.
I will have to come back to this later on a different day.
love ya!
I also have a strong desire to go to all my high school teachers and apologize profusely for the way that I acted in their classes. I know that it won't make up for back then but it will make me feel better for the way that I acted. I hate it. I really hate the way I feel right now. I'm becoming bitter because of what these kids do and don't do. I spend all my time waking kids up and telling them to be quiet. I wish that there was naptime to take care of all this. They don't give a flying fart in space about the dress code. Then we have the kids who flaunt the dress code with this stupid crap about being part of that church of body modification or some junk like that so that they don't have to cut their hair.
The real world will be kicking a lot of tail in a few years when they get out into the real world. It's going to be a rude awakening for my advanced class come next year. They have no idea what college is going to be like. They all live in this world where they think that everything should be handed to them. I really don't understand it and I don't think that I will. I will be looking for a job that is not at the high school level I'm pretty sure. I really hate that because I love the material that I get to teach and know that I will be taking a serious blow to have to teach at a lower level to what I have learned but if that is what keeps me sane then that is what I am going to have to do.
I hate the fact that there is a job opening come spring where I'm student teaching right now because I don't want to stay here. I want to work with kids who care. Ones that really want to learn. These kids think that if they just show up to class and do whatever it is that they want to that they will get to pass the class. They don't understand at all how a test works. It means that you study what you've been taught for the last few weeks and then you show me what you have LEARNED not showing me what you have memorized.
I will have to come back to this later on a different day.
love ya!
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