Week 2 of student teaching - check.
My teacher was out on Thursday for a workshop, so I ran the day (with some help from the sub) and it went fairly well. This week I got a sore throat so I took a lot of aiborn and coldeeze so it's better now. But my nose has been all messed up and still is. I have blister on the back of my heels so I have to wear gauze on it. I got my own little desk and bought a bunch of stuff at Target to put on it and I like it. Not that I'll be sitting the desk much, but I put all my stuff on it. Yesterday, Saturday, I felt like doing absoluly nothing!! And just sat around or was on facebook!
I did go to Chili's last night with some people from church and that was fun. Had dinner Fri night with a friend, and bible study Thur night. Since I stay at school til around 4:30 because of meetings and planning, my time at home seems so short. I can't imagine having kids to come home to for those who are student teaching! Or even just teaching!
One difficult thing for me as the days rush by leaving me tired and slightly stressed - am I living a life for Christ? I'm praying for the kids in my class - not just that they would behave well or learn and succeed, but that they would feel joy and peace, that they would all come to know God some day, and for specific things in their lives that I know of. To think that some of them never have anyone praying for them is an eye opening thought. A lot of days though I forget to pray / read by bible at night, or when I do I am distracted. No matter what stage in life I'm in, I want to serve God. I'm just not always sure what that looks like when my time is limited.
On a different note, there are some things in my life that are stagnant and it is fustrating not to see a change when I want there to be. Whether it be a difficult situation, a habit I'm tying to break, feelings that I'm trying to change, etc. Sometimes I look at them and think, "Ok, it's been months / years now. What can I do NOW to change it?" and someimes I don't know the answer to that. Sometimes there's nothing I can do, and praying doesn't always change it because apparently God wants some things in my life to stay. It's just tough to think, "Will I be in this exact same place with this situation 5 years from now?"
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Student teaching has begun! But shhhh, it's a secret!
During the whole week of the 10th we were out of school for snow / ice! It actually only snowed o Sunday night, but 5 or so inches in just a few hour! Then it wouldn't get above freezing to melt it. Then last Monday was Martin Luther King Jr day. Tuesday I went to an all day workshop with my teacher, and Wednesday - drumroll - I finally started student teaching! I have a 4th grade class. Can't say much more than that due to security / liability/ etc. It gets to be overboard sometimes, like you're NEVER supposed to tell anything about your job or your class - not to a friend, not in an e-mail, not on facebook, nothing. You can't be vauge about it, you can't tell the situation and just not use any names, nothing. So what you do for a living, what takes up your life, has to be a secret. I don't get it.
Since I can't tell anything about the kids, I'll tell about me! I was so tired those three days even though I got a decent night of sleep each night! I have mostly flat shoes but my feet hurt and my lower back hurt! Some of the other teachers at the school keep saying to my teacher things like,"Oh you don't have to grade papers, that's what the student teacher is for!" or "You can stay home with your sick kids and go on vacation and go to other workshops as much as you want because you have a student teacher!" as if my teacher is just off the hook on eveything. Um, no. I am learning from her. And I am a person, not a slave. Anyways, she hasn't acted like she's just going to ditch me, so that is good. :-)
Wed I had coffee with the teacher I had when I was in 3rd grade, Thursday night I had bible study, Friday night I bought some ice cream, Saturday morning I had coffee with a friend, and tonight was church.
Since I can't tell anything about the kids, I'll tell about me! I was so tired those three days even though I got a decent night of sleep each night! I have mostly flat shoes but my feet hurt and my lower back hurt! Some of the other teachers at the school keep saying to my teacher things like,"Oh you don't have to grade papers, that's what the student teacher is for!" or "You can stay home with your sick kids and go on vacation and go to other workshops as much as you want because you have a student teacher!" as if my teacher is just off the hook on eveything. Um, no. I am learning from her. And I am a person, not a slave. Anyways, she hasn't acted like she's just going to ditch me, so that is good. :-)
Wed I had coffee with the teacher I had when I was in 3rd grade, Thursday night I had bible study, Friday night I bought some ice cream, Saturday morning I had coffee with a friend, and tonight was church.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
This week
The "1" days this year:
January 1, 2011 - 1/1/11
January 11, 2011 - 1/11/11 (today!)
November 11, 2011 - 11/11/11
So in Georgia it snowed on Christmas day. For the first time in like 100 years or something! The next week, Dec 31, it was 65 degrees out! Warm! And then starting Saturday nght it snowed again! It's confirmed, Georgia weather is bipolar. But, it's kind of fun that way!! haha. It snowed for a few hours Sat night but it fell fast. Within 2 hours or so my driveway and the cul-de-sac was completely covered. The next day I took some pictures, and stuck a ruler in the snow. Almost 5 inches! The most I've seen in GA since I've lived here for 16 years! The schools have been closed yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We might go back Thursday, we might not. It was supposed to be my first day of student teaching yesterday, but now it's being postponed! Bittersweet. Now I will have officially had 6 weeks off of school / work! And people in their houses a day and a half complained of cabin fever, ha!! Oh, and there was thunder with the snow on Sat night!! Which is very rare!!
Last Tuesday I baby-sat two sweet boys Charlie (3) and Trent (2) from 7 AM - 3:30 PM. We had a fun time! Wed I had lunch with my great friend Kaylene. Thur bible study was good. Saturday I had starbucks with my friend Meredith, then took the GACE in the afternoon. I had a hard time finding my room and my seat, but thanks to one of my friends Margo I found it! I don't know how I did - I don't feel any better about it than I did when I took it the first time in July, but I only failed by 2 points last time, so we'll see.
Sunday night we had our run-through of our new Sun night young adults' service! It's exciting to get it off the ground! We have no idea how many people will come to the first official one next week. But, either way it's cool because I like a lot of the people there and am excited to actually get to see them more instead of being in a big crowd in the lobby, only being able to say hello in passing or with distractions.
Well, no telling if I'll be going to the elementary school this week, but I might.
January 1, 2011 - 1/1/11
January 11, 2011 - 1/11/11 (today!)
November 11, 2011 - 11/11/11
So in Georgia it snowed on Christmas day. For the first time in like 100 years or something! The next week, Dec 31, it was 65 degrees out! Warm! And then starting Saturday nght it snowed again! It's confirmed, Georgia weather is bipolar. But, it's kind of fun that way!! haha. It snowed for a few hours Sat night but it fell fast. Within 2 hours or so my driveway and the cul-de-sac was completely covered. The next day I took some pictures, and stuck a ruler in the snow. Almost 5 inches! The most I've seen in GA since I've lived here for 16 years! The schools have been closed yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We might go back Thursday, we might not. It was supposed to be my first day of student teaching yesterday, but now it's being postponed! Bittersweet. Now I will have officially had 6 weeks off of school / work! And people in their houses a day and a half complained of cabin fever, ha!! Oh, and there was thunder with the snow on Sat night!! Which is very rare!!
Last Tuesday I baby-sat two sweet boys Charlie (3) and Trent (2) from 7 AM - 3:30 PM. We had a fun time! Wed I had lunch with my great friend Kaylene. Thur bible study was good. Saturday I had starbucks with my friend Meredith, then took the GACE in the afternoon. I had a hard time finding my room and my seat, but thanks to one of my friends Margo I found it! I don't know how I did - I don't feel any better about it than I did when I took it the first time in July, but I only failed by 2 points last time, so we'll see.
Sunday night we had our run-through of our new Sun night young adults' service! It's exciting to get it off the ground! We have no idea how many people will come to the first official one next week. But, either way it's cool because I like a lot of the people there and am excited to actually get to see them more instead of being in a big crowd in the lobby, only being able to say hello in passing or with distractions.
Well, no telling if I'll be going to the elementary school this week, but I might.
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