i sat down and thought i would post something, since it’s been a while, but it turns out i am at a loss for words. miko offers me “mraaaaow” as some kind of inspiration, but alas nothing.
summary: teaching is sucking my brain power.
i had students in my classroom until 5 today. they came for office hours and never left. i even had one leave her after school activity to come hang out with me. i love my sixth graders. they are sweet and they want to throw me a birthday party. this is the first time i have been in one place long enough to actually bond with my students. i even got my most afflicted student to get excited about math today. and one of my seventh graders is also transitioning from that “i automatically hate you because you are different and you are in a position of authority” stage to that “oh yeah i guess you are cool and maybe we aren’t so different so i will start doing my homework to try and please you” stage. middle school kids are so transparent.
i am giving my pre-algebra/7th graders their first test on tuesday and i just got an official stamp of approval from my coop teacher on my assessment creation. hopefully my students will be successful. unlike last term i actually get to make my own tests that reflect the way in which i taught the material this term…it’s amazing. the thing i appreciate most about my coop teacher is that she treats me like i am competent and if things don’t go as planned, she tells me that it’s all part of teaching and that it doesn’t matter. what matters is what i do next, how do i fix the problem. she never acts like a student not understanding means my teaching is a train wreck the way my last coop teacher did.
i subbed today…with little to no preparation time. i was able to put together a rather coherent lesson about rational expressions and the transformation of their graphs. the kids listened to me, and believed that i knew what i was talking about, and i did. i guess this is the point in the year when you’ve been doing it long enough that if feels comfortable enough to try new things on the fly.
bad kitty.
I think anything but being unemployed and beign able to choose activity or sitting around sucks way too much brain power. Given that this is the alternative, I guess it’s ok. It’s not as glamorous as it seemed but I’m back to the days of brain sucking, compliments of employment and a lot of family time since my mom is here. It’s a funny feeling if we are being honest. But I guess it’s how it goes.
Comment by Christine — April 27, 2007 @ 3:43 am
They wanna throw you a pah-tay! That’s so sweet.
Comment by Rachel — April 27, 2007 @ 7:54 am