February 2012
79 posts
OHMYGOODNESSIAMSOEXCITED! i found out today that one of my coworkers is leaving, which means! i no longer have to float and will be given my own classroom 2 weeks from today. super psyched. thank You, Lord! yayyyyy! and it’s perfect. it’s in my current learning community so i get to stay near the coworkers i love annnnddd, it has windows that connect to another room so for...
student loan paid off! yayyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! :D
it is a gorgeous florida winter day. cool breeze. full sun. windows open. homemade brownies in the oven. ahhhhh. i just want to lounge about and read; read what i want to read not what i have to read for lesson prep. bleh!
my jogging is getting better. i think i’m pretty well back into the groove. my body is no longer screaming in antagony and i’m back up to 2.5 miles in 30...
so i have a nifty differential lesson planned for my freshies as we’re finishing up romeo and juliet. i wanted this lesson observed sooo badly, but, unfortunately, my ap won’t be done with her training until the 12 of march. boo. but onward! i will have another spectacular differential lesson for my next obs, certainly not a big deal. but this morning i recieved a call saying my...
okay, so not to be pretentious (because i make fun of my roomie for that all the time) but, today after i completed a fabulous powerpoint on the darker side of wonderland, i realized, that i am a better teacher than my high school senior english teacher. at least, when it comes to alice’s adventures in wonderland. i’m certainly not claiming superiority in aught else. i loved that...
another week down. i’ve begun to feel the weight of third quarter. last week i had to remind myself multiple times a day that i love my job and that one day Jesus will make all things right. this week, thankfully, not so much. i think it helps that my seniors aren’t crying and whining over alice’s adventures in wonderland as they have over EVERYTHING ELSE THROUGHOUT THE...
my standardized assesment data is scanned and turned in. my copies are made. the tests and quizzes for the seniors are graded and input. all is in order for tomorrow. … :D … i cannot sigh deep enough or long enough to fully express my relief. though i’ve already begun to fret about what text to do next with the seniors. i wish they were more dedicated for...
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You...”
– Fitzwilliam Darcy, Pride and Prejudice.
ohmygoodness…i have to admit, if a man approached me quoting austen like this i in all likelihood would swoon to the floor. insert romantic dreamy sigh here X)
ah. almost done with work for the weekend. oh right, and it’s right back to it in 12 hours. ha. … … well, i’ve finished alice’s adventures and have vocab and study questions for my seniors. i have their pre reading alice/victorian era quiz done, all that’s left is to make the contract i’m going to have them sign that says i will have their academic...
