Where to begin? I'll start from the current time and go backwards.
It is almost 10 o'clock here in Arizona, and I've been avoiding planning for school all day. I had a good excuse this afternoon, but this evening I did not.
This afternoon I was in the last leg of a two-day dance competition. Friday I debuted my first dance routine. It was a Paso Doble/Samba medley, and it rocked! I had so much fun working on the routine and performing it. It was also fun to watch other people's routines as well. This afternoon we had freestyles, which is where you just dance for two minute bursts and are judged on technique. I don't know my overall score, but I scored a 98 out of 100 on my routine! Even without false eyelashes! It's times like these that make me want to leave everything behind and become a professional ballroom dancer. But alas, reality calls.
Before this weekend I was teaching, and I will just say, it is hard. There is so much I've been made accountable for, and I wonder if I'm truly teaching these kids what they really need to know. All I can do is try my best, so I keep clinging to that.
I've been avoiding planning because it is a challenge to work so hard on something and prepare it for the kids, and have it be a complete flop. Other times, stuff you don't plan very well, the kids love and want to do all the time. In teaching, you learn to let a lot of stuff roll off your back.
Anyway, that is all for now.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Halfway Between Here and There
I have a nice long weekend break, which is really refreshing. I'm sure most of you out there do too. My family and I are going up to Prescott tomorrow for a bit of sight seeing, which is good because we don't get out much. We are packing a lunch because invariably we are half way to somewhere really cool, and we get hungry and have to stop for food. Then my dad just turns us around and we go home. So, we are really going to Prescott tomorrow instead of just the McDonald's between here and there.
That is about all I have to say for now. Have a good break everyone!
That is about all I have to say for now. Have a good break everyone!
Monday, August 15, 2005
The Big 2-3
Hey all, just thought I'd let you know...it's my birthday tomorrow. I'll be 23.
Me and the kiddos are going to have a bit of a celebration with Graham Sticks! Yum, yum!
Me and the kiddos are going to have a bit of a celebration with Graham Sticks! Yum, yum!
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Brown Penny
I just heard this poem in a movie, and thought it was beautiful and simple, and profound and...
I whispered, 'I am too young,'
And then, 'I am old enough';
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
'Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.'
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.
O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon.
~William Butler Yeats~
I whispered, 'I am too young,'
And then, 'I am old enough';
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
'Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.'
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.
O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon.
~William Butler Yeats~
Saturday, August 06, 2005
I'm a Survivor
Well, I have survived the first week of classes. I am actually glad to say I more than survived. I actually felt like a real teacher! It felt so natural to be in my room with the kids. I think I was actually able to implement some good routines and management.
On the docket for next week: Testing!
I will be administering tests for my students to see where they are in acquring the skills necessary for reading. The pre-reading and preliminary reading skills, if you will. So, that will be good times. Of course, I'll be working one-on-one with the students, so this will cause an overwhelming urge in the other students to:
1. Show me their work
2. Ask for a drink
3. Ask to use the restroom
4. Show me injuries real or imagined
5. Tell me interesting facts about family, friends and other things they find completely relevevant.
To nip this problem in the bud, I will be establishing the B reasons (stolen from another teacher, which is perfectly acceptable in the educational world). You may only approach the teacher if you have need of or are doing the following:
1. Bathroom
2. Bleeding
3. Barfing
Only if you need or are doing one of these three things, may you interrupt the teacher and student being tested.
Cool huh?
Anywho, that's all for now.
On the docket for next week: Testing!
I will be administering tests for my students to see where they are in acquring the skills necessary for reading. The pre-reading and preliminary reading skills, if you will. So, that will be good times. Of course, I'll be working one-on-one with the students, so this will cause an overwhelming urge in the other students to:
1. Show me their work
2. Ask for a drink
3. Ask to use the restroom
4. Show me injuries real or imagined
5. Tell me interesting facts about family, friends and other things they find completely relevevant.
To nip this problem in the bud, I will be establishing the B reasons (stolen from another teacher, which is perfectly acceptable in the educational world). You may only approach the teacher if you have need of or are doing the following:
1. Bathroom
2. Bleeding
3. Barfing
Only if you need or are doing one of these three things, may you interrupt the teacher and student being tested.
Cool huh?
Anywho, that's all for now.
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