Wanna Make-out?

Today we did a gallery walk. It was good. Then i showed pictures of my life. It was was good. Tonight I am going to drink wine. It will be good. Tonight I am going to read my Bible. Tonight I am going to pray. It's gonna be SO good.

It's all good.

continuation of the storm that is my life

okay. so it is still today except tonight. and today was...mmm...AWFUL. principal came in to help me out. ugh. i will get better. or at least i will give this a chance. i can only do all things when Christ is my strength. (i could write that as an if and only if statement, an iff statement, or as my calc student would say, an if-f statement...laughs) and, i will go where the Spirit blows me. right now i am in a whirlwind, a tornado, that is spinning me round and round and keeping me right here. rejoice rejoice again i say rejoice. rejoice in the Lord always again i say REJOICE!

The Monday Blues

This morning I am sitting in my classroom, 6:46 am, and am feeling quite HOT (AC not working!!!) and ill. Ill over the day. Ill over my life as a teacher.

A janitor named Sean just came in and talked to me for a bit. That really helped. I think the key to my success here, my make or break, is personal relationships. I have to have friends to look forward to seeing at school. Seeing Tristin this weekend at Nicole's wedding made that pretty clear to me. MUST HAVE FRIENDS.

Must have time in the morning to pray and read God's word.

Mah.

WEEK TWO, DAY 3 (THURSDAY SEPT 8 2011) FML NO LML (LOVE MY LIFE, SERIOUSLY) (IT IS JUST HARD BUT THIS IS THE BIGGEST THRILL EVER.EVER.EVER.)

Today was insane. Literally a zoo in the classroom. I hope I never forget this day, because honestly it was quite entertaining to see a classroom like that. It was like Mr. Harris' classroom in high school on crazy lab days.

Tomorrow I think I should start with expectations.

I need to see Tyler tonight. I think I am going to try to find him at the dorms since that is where he lives. He is SO capable. He crumpled his paper today. He was so frustrated he crumpled it up.

WHAT am I doing?

They should work in groups, but the rule should be that I can't hear them talk. Inside voices.

We need seating arrangements.

Gar.

Funkle :P

mmmmmmmmm rocking back and forth mmmmmmmmm what do i do how do i change/fix this.

five new kids walked in during the middle of class. all upper classmen. the first upperclassmen in the class. twice as big as the other kids. the room is a pit.

i have a sub tomorrow and nothing planned. good. Godddd help me. PLEASE.

Right Here, Right Now, In the mailroom, my moment

Today is my first day of my second week of school. I don't know exactly what I am feeling, but I know I would be feeling better if I was closer to Jesus. I am sitting in the mail room, with other staff in here, but I just needed to get my thoughts more visible to myself. I think the key to a good class period is presenting material that students can handle, letting them know what is coming, and my attitude. Today can be a great day. Keep God as my focus. Love Him, Love Others. Love.

Someone left me an inspirational magnet in my mailbox. Perfect :) .

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MY FIRST DAY AS A TEACHER--TCHS, MISSION, SD, USA, NORTH AMERICA, EARTH, WHATEVER SOLAR SYSTEM, MILKY WAY, UNIVERSE, GOD...

Today was my first day as a teacher (with a contract, and therefore a real teacher). First hour went well. The kids listened to me talk about myself even when i could tell somethimes they would rather not have been listening. thrid block they were not so generous. i think the difference might be that i shook the hands of my first block students at the door and learned their names. third block they just kinda wantdered in and i stumbled over names all period. i need to be ready and at the door. get to know you surveys are a great idea, but freshman will not interact with each other bc they are to insecure in their new setting to be brave enough to form new social bonds under pressure from the teacher. i think the best thing to do is to put them to work right away. or force them to interact as a whole class. they need structure. lunch went by so quickly. the whole day went by quickly except for third block. dennis and jim and jim's manager observe me during third block tomorrow. okay. here goes nothing. in the morning i still have to print off diagnostic tests for clalc, as well as figure out what to do with the remaining time of calculus. furthermore, there is an activity i need to get more familiar with for the freshman. and i wanted to do the whole diagnostic before i gave it to them, as well as do the DO NOW before i gave it to them. shoot i still have to finish that power point.5 am here i come. apparently juniors and seniors were arguing in the hall today about whether i look like a hard ass or a cheerleader. haha. BOTH. oh my goodness. i need to plan for advisory/srb with soph/juniors tomorrow. those kids are HUGE. and tough. and HUGE.

as i fall asleep on the first night before my teaching career

i am the plant

family members are my roots

my friends ground me

roots can't flourish if they are not grounded

ground is pointless for the plant unless there are roots

some friends are family

we are plants with no roots, transplanted in each other's soil, and then over time we grow strong roots

kaitlin. taylor. nicole. mark. peter. seth.

some family are friends

they are the roots that are tended to with good soil

bekah. kay. betsy. dad. adam.