a busy week. and not in a good way.
goodness me, what a week.
i had my mid-term meeting with my university supervisor. can you believe it's already been six weeks??!! everything went well. she told me to really begin to assert myself and teach my way. so i did. i tried to teach my students why annotating your books is important in other subjects, not just reading. i also tried to get them to think on their own when choosing things to annotate. usually, the teachers that i work with just give them a list of items to annotate. that doesn't teach them anything so i quit putting them up. it seems to have made an impact. next week i will have a short day for TAKS writing test. i am going to try to do a lesson on language arts terms for my on-level students. i think they will be able to use it to their advantage. anyway, i got off track there. my supervisor and teacher at work think that i am doing a much better job than i do. i guess that is a given though, we are always hardest on ourselves. i'm looking forward to the next six weeks. i'm especially excited to take the classes over for four weeks! the whole day. it's going to be awesome :)
students have started talking to me more. they are getting to know me. i can't tell you how amazing it is to hear a kid call 'bye miss morgan' on their way out of the room, or 'hi miss morgan' on their way in. i love being in a classroom :)
my car broke down on thursday after work. it was a mad dash around with mom, my boy, dad, and a plano cop. awesome. i broke down right in the middle of rush hour on one of the busiest streets. ugh. thank goodness a cop pulled up behind me and blocked the traffic with cones and his lights. just fyi, if you break down on a major street, call 911 to have a cop come and direct traffic. i didn't know that. luckily, i know that now. my boy helped me until dad got home and then helped dad get the car over to the mechanic. the car is still in the shop. the part is being ordered. i think we are getting it back on tuesday? it is causing a bit of havoc with our to and from work situations. i think we've got something workedout though.
friday i got laid off. it isn't fun, despite the fact that i'd known for a week it would probably happen. sigh. lucky for them, i was on a voluntary leave of absence so i do not get a severence. lucky for them, they laid me off the last working day of february so my benefits ended the next day. sigh. alas, i have my major medical insurance through school so i will survive there. i have signed up for unemployment while i look for a teaching job. i got a call today for a babysitting gig next weekend that should pay me $60. i'll be taking that. i'm so annoyed and frustrated with the whole thing. i'm praying that i will get a teaching job soon. if i can do that and work as a nanny part time this summer, i'll be fine. this financial crisis stuff SUCKS. arrrgh.
we finally made it back to church this morning. we haven't been in weeks. i don't like that. i miss it. i find it quite interesting that every time i have lapsed in going to church for a few weeks, when i return it is always with a message that speaks directly to me. today was a message on being controlling in relationships. awesome. sigh. i know, i know, i'm a control freak! i get it! it opened my eyes to some ways that i may make my boy feel unloved and attacked whether i mean it that way or not. i think he was able to understand me a bit more too. regardless, God loves us just the way we are and does not try to control us even though he could. our only job is to love our significant other for the person that they are and let them do the rest. i am trying to get that down. i worry and, therefore, i try to control. i am going to be more cognizant of it from now on though. thank you pastor keith!
saw two movies this weekend: echelon conspiracy and coraline 3d. good times! echelon was pretty good. lots of action. and ed burns eye candy. not bad, not great. coraline was CREEPY. REALLY CREEPY. good though. the animation was stellar and really fantastic to watch in 3d. i think that is the first 3d movie experience i have had. neat-o.
i wish that i would have taken more time to relax this weekend. alas, monday peeks its ugly head around that corner. i am going to try to spend this week getting things in order to do my taxes and get unemployment. i'm also going to try to be a better girlfriend. i'm going to try not to worry too much. i'm going to try to pray more.
hope everyone has a great week.
i had my mid-term meeting with my university supervisor. can you believe it's already been six weeks??!! everything went well. she told me to really begin to assert myself and teach my way. so i did. i tried to teach my students why annotating your books is important in other subjects, not just reading. i also tried to get them to think on their own when choosing things to annotate. usually, the teachers that i work with just give them a list of items to annotate. that doesn't teach them anything so i quit putting them up. it seems to have made an impact. next week i will have a short day for TAKS writing test. i am going to try to do a lesson on language arts terms for my on-level students. i think they will be able to use it to their advantage. anyway, i got off track there. my supervisor and teacher at work think that i am doing a much better job than i do. i guess that is a given though, we are always hardest on ourselves. i'm looking forward to the next six weeks. i'm especially excited to take the classes over for four weeks! the whole day. it's going to be awesome :)
students have started talking to me more. they are getting to know me. i can't tell you how amazing it is to hear a kid call 'bye miss morgan' on their way out of the room, or 'hi miss morgan' on their way in. i love being in a classroom :)
my car broke down on thursday after work. it was a mad dash around with mom, my boy, dad, and a plano cop. awesome. i broke down right in the middle of rush hour on one of the busiest streets. ugh. thank goodness a cop pulled up behind me and blocked the traffic with cones and his lights. just fyi, if you break down on a major street, call 911 to have a cop come and direct traffic. i didn't know that. luckily, i know that now. my boy helped me until dad got home and then helped dad get the car over to the mechanic. the car is still in the shop. the part is being ordered. i think we are getting it back on tuesday? it is causing a bit of havoc with our to and from work situations. i think we've got something workedout though.
friday i got laid off. it isn't fun, despite the fact that i'd known for a week it would probably happen. sigh. lucky for them, i was on a voluntary leave of absence so i do not get a severence. lucky for them, they laid me off the last working day of february so my benefits ended the next day. sigh. alas, i have my major medical insurance through school so i will survive there. i have signed up for unemployment while i look for a teaching job. i got a call today for a babysitting gig next weekend that should pay me $60. i'll be taking that. i'm so annoyed and frustrated with the whole thing. i'm praying that i will get a teaching job soon. if i can do that and work as a nanny part time this summer, i'll be fine. this financial crisis stuff SUCKS. arrrgh.
we finally made it back to church this morning. we haven't been in weeks. i don't like that. i miss it. i find it quite interesting that every time i have lapsed in going to church for a few weeks, when i return it is always with a message that speaks directly to me. today was a message on being controlling in relationships. awesome. sigh. i know, i know, i'm a control freak! i get it! it opened my eyes to some ways that i may make my boy feel unloved and attacked whether i mean it that way or not. i think he was able to understand me a bit more too. regardless, God loves us just the way we are and does not try to control us even though he could. our only job is to love our significant other for the person that they are and let them do the rest. i am trying to get that down. i worry and, therefore, i try to control. i am going to be more cognizant of it from now on though. thank you pastor keith!
saw two movies this weekend: echelon conspiracy and coraline 3d. good times! echelon was pretty good. lots of action. and ed burns eye candy. not bad, not great. coraline was CREEPY. REALLY CREEPY. good though. the animation was stellar and really fantastic to watch in 3d. i think that is the first 3d movie experience i have had. neat-o.
i wish that i would have taken more time to relax this weekend. alas, monday peeks its ugly head around that corner. i am going to try to spend this week getting things in order to do my taxes and get unemployment. i'm also going to try to be a better girlfriend. i'm going to try not to worry too much. i'm going to try to pray more.
hope everyone has a great week.