The end of another week. There's no better time than Friday night. I hit the end of the day and no fucking way am I doing any work, worrying about it, thinking about it, or picking up a pen or paper for any purpose other than to write down a take out food order or a phone number to call for pizza, or a grocery list for dinner. From 5:00pm on is my only stress free time of the week. I suck it in like a drowning man coming up for air. Eat it up like a starving man at a buffet. Live it like it's my last day on earth. It's feel good time baby!
Another two weeks since I last blogged. I'd like to blog more but I've gone through this phase where I'm slacking off because it seems like more work and I'm pretty over worked. Teaching is stressful. Especially where I am. Have I mentioned this before?
I had a science specialist who I've been working with come into class today and I think he was pretty shocked at the kids behaviour. Every one tells me I should relax and not worry about my teaching but I know there are things I should be doing...like evaluating, having the proper work ready, having extra work ready for kids, focusing on their tests, organizing so I can get experiments done for them... all of which I'm struggling with mightily. One day I'll look back and I'll laugh and laugh and laugh at all this but it's the tough at the moment.
Having said that I seem to have the undying support of the administration and many of my colleagues which is what really keeps me going. Apparently I care about the kids and this is important. Good to know. Just wish I could teach properly. But there you have it. The caring of the kids is important. It's amazing how much work I can put into a 45 minute lesson. Like an hour minimum. Maybe an hour and a half. People keep telling me to stop doing this but I'm not quite sure how. I can't seem to stop planning and replanning or quite figure out a simple logical sequence for a lesson.
But it's Friday! Enough of that!
Babagenouche and I are going to central London tomorrow to check out a show called I like Mine with a Kiss which is getting absolutely fantastic reviews. That should be fun. Incidentally has anyone heard about Daniel Radcliffe playing in Equus? Daniel Radcliffe is better known as Hary Potter and Equus is better known as "full frontal nudity play about an insane psychologically damaged young man who blinds horses." It's getting absolutely amazing reviews! Radcliffe is apparently amazing. Who knew Harry Potter would go so far?
Babagenouche and I are also planning on going to Valencia Spain over our Easter Break in 4 weeks. Should be awesome sunning and relaxing time.
Good things on the agenda in the near future! Hooray!
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You clearly care a lot about your role in your student’s lives. What few good memories I have of school are directly related to teachers who cared.
you are so right Slag - Edukator is a lovely marshmallow ball of caring. Those kids had better fall to their knees and thank the good lord they don't have ME for their teacher - I would have sold them as child labourers to Nike by now.
So let me get this straight -- the school administration says you're doing a good job ... the students are presumably responding positively to you ... even babagenouche seems somewhat fond of you ...
So where did you get this information that you're not doing well enough? Was it published in the school newsletter? Was there a parent protest outside the school? Did the BBC run a special investigative report on the rampant spread of lousy first-year Canadian teachers in Britain?
No?
So then how do you KNOW you're not doing well?
'nuff said.
Except this: you said you "should be" doing such-and-such ... the only thing you SHOULD be doing is removing the word SHOULD from your vocabulary.
Sincerely,
Tom "The Therapist" McT
Tom comes through with a Vengence! Thanks Bro!
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