My intention was to blog everyday. That became 2-3 times a week. Now I’d like to do it once a month Seriously. I’m so busy during the week that I just don’t have time to blog which is sad because I have so much to say. First, the new schedule at school. Our school [...]
but time just gets away from me. So let’s recap. In the last 9 days not a whole lot has happened. We had open house on Wednesday, Aug 18th – that was brutal. Since our school runs on a 6 day cycle and every day is different, they pick one day to use for the [...]
When I considered teaching as a career I had a vision of myself as a teacher. I saw myself as the teacher that everyone knew and everyone liked. I wasn’t necessarily easy but the students liked my classes. They felt comfortable talking to me and because of that I was able to get them to [...]
The rest of this week went well. On Wednesday we began pre-algebra. We started at the beginning, Chapter 1. They are just starting to use their notebooks and I find I have to go through what they need to do in great detail. I realize that as time goes by these things will become habit [...]
Yesterday went very well. I didn’t have any 7th graders, it was all chemistry. 2 days of the 6 day cycle I have all chemistry. It’s good and bad. I get tired of saying the same thing all the time but it is nice to get it out of the way and not have the [...]
I find it interesting how tiring returning to school is. Every teacher, even those that taught summer school, were complaining how tired they are this week. I just think it’s amusing. It is much better than last year, at least for me. Last year I was in a state of almost constant exhaustion for about [...]
That was today. The school I work at has a weird schedule, or at least weird to me. It runs on a 6 day cycle and each day is different. So today, as the first day of school, was Day 1, tomorrow is Day 2, Monday is Day 3, and so on. Then on next [...]
Back to work on Monday, and let me tell you it was hard getting up and staying up all day. I had gotten into the habit of sleeping in a little (1 hour) and napping in the afternoons. The worst part was I’d gotten into the habit if staying up late. That was the problem. [...]
Tomorrow school begins. Technically that’s not true. School doesn’t start until Thursday but I return to work tomorrow. We will have meetings for two days, then new student orientation on Wednesday, then classes start on Thursday. It’s amusing to see the behind the scenes stuff. When I was in school I would get excited if [...]
Four days until school starts. Yikes!!! I was cruising around Craigslist, which I do fairly frequently, and looked in the education jobs. There was a posting for a math/science teacher for a small private school. I freaked out a little. I love my job and am so looking forward to returning – I don’t want [...]