I just want to say that student teaching wears me out and over the course of the next two and a half months my slacking will probably continue. The next two weeks will be easier, but then it will be tough again for the next two months. Please accept that my blog will be somewhat lame.
First observation...there are times when teachers can be hypocrites...you can all be pissed off at me when you read this if you want, but you will only be mad if you find that it is true in respect to your own actions. I went to a teacher work day where we had guest speakers for Gender Bias and ELL students. Collectively this group of teachers did a few extremely rude things that really bothered me.
1. When the last two tables were asked to move to the front of the meeting room by the Vice Principal then the speaker they sat and looked at one another as if these people must be crazy and I'm not freakin' moving. I was embarrassed for the school when the GUEST SPEAKER had to ask more than once for them to move to the front while they sat with a deer in the headlights look.
2. Lunchtime was to be at 11am. As soon as 11am came to be the teachers found it time to begin chatting. How many times a day does a teacher say..."Just because the bell rings does not mean you have been dismissed from class, I dismiss you." Hmmmm I guess the guest speaker had the right to dismiss us to lunch.
3. Oh and my favorite example was the guy next to me who was pushing buttons on his phone and he didn't even have the decency to place the phone in silent mode. You are thinking well he didn't do this when the guy was talking, I'm sure of that...nope right in the middle of his presentation. It was pretty amazing.
Spent the weekend in Texas with J last weekend. I had a good time, but it was too short and a little bit cold to do much outside.
All is well here only 1.5 weeks left at the Junior High! Can I have an AMEN???? I am ready to move on and past my control freak cooperating teacher that can't seem to leave the classroom after six weeks.
