Is there only one more week of students left?
Holy &@%$! One more week with the kiddies! Only one more. That means, three weeks until the MCATs. Ack! Time sure does fly, huh?
Week 5 was oddly rough and yet great. Kids were rowdy the first few days, which was difficult to work with. And, weird stuff has been going on lately with other people on staff or something. I have to remind myself not to get involved and not to let it get to me. Wish it were so easy to ignore it.
I have concluded a couple of things:
1. The plant unit should be removed. I wish we had spent more time on cells and genetics (which the students were far more interested in) and had more time for diseases. I feel like, due to the final project, we're only touching on human disease, and there could be so much more. Genetic disorders and cancer would be a great transition from genetics to human diseases. The plant unit just felt like some oddball thing in the middle of the fun. Plus, if we have more time for diseases, I can show the entire Osmosis Jones film as a part of the class.
2. I could never teach middle school students for a living. As wonderful and adorable my students can be (Bernardo and Eric are frightenly obsessed with science, but it's all good...it makes Block B that much better), I don't think I could handle it all the time. Middle school students have a strange attitude that I can't seem to work with. And the whole "don't lecture for more than 10 minutes" thing...very difficult. If I became a teacher, I'd be torturing, I mean, educating high school students. Or college students. I can get away with making fun of them more.
Secret pals update: Still having fun. ^_^ Being sneaky is fun. I've fooled Syreeta into thinking I'm her secret pal. Mwahahaha. My godbro Ray was my secret pal last week. I thought it might have been him just by the handwriting, but why he gave me a miniature clear plastic shoe still baffles me. Alex came up with strange ideas as to why. So, Ray Man: you need to explain it to me one of these days!
Harry Potter 6: Finally finished it. So good, so sad. Still, I don't think I've enjoyed any of the Harry Potter books as much as this one (or maybe I can't remember the others as well). I want book 7 out, right now. But, AUGH! Book 6 is just...whoa...crazy. I have theories about characters now.
MCAT studying: My brain is full. I felt the same way after studying three days solid for the ochem final. Six chapters of ochem in one day. I got a couple 100% on the practice questions at the end of the chapter, which was exciting. That means I actually remember this stuff! Hurray. I'm scared of the big test still. Eek!
Library adventures: Went to the library (Santa Teresa branch) to get books for the kids' final projects with Alex. We literally pulled every single book off the shelf in the human disease and health section. I think we got maybe 20+ books on diseases for the final projects. All in less than an hour.
The Gondoliers: Saw it with my parents last Saturday. SO GOOD. I was very happy afterwards. Put me on a nice musical kick for a couple days (yay Wicked and Chicago - my poor bro who had to suffer through it all in the car...luckily, I did not play Les Miserables). Got to see my parents and eat good food with them.
My old job: I've been looking at pictures from the camps going on. OMG! They changed the shirt color for the staff. I don't know if I can handle this. I mean. It was so easy to spot the maroon shirts. Now they're dark green. WHOA! When, how, and why did this happen? The maroon shirts were classic, and in dark green, the staff blends in. I can't find them as easily in the pictures. Or maybe I'm used to finding the maroon shirts. And to my old coworkers from camp, how I miss you guys! There are some things about camp that I don't think I'll ever find anywhere else. If I do become a teacher, I shall be back for insanity (hopefully as a facilitator).
The whole teacher vs. doctor thing: Still unresolved. >_< This is going to drive me nuts until I do decide. I have reasons for both. Big reason for both: I have met teachers/doctors who have disappointed me in their attitudes towards students/patients, and I want to change that. I believe energy (both positive and negative) is contagious. We need good doctors and teachers in the world. Gah...so tough to decide between the two. As Higdon kept saying, "Your problem is that you have options, so you can't decide." Aiya.
And so is my life at the moment. I can't think of much else right now...later days!
Week 5 was oddly rough and yet great. Kids were rowdy the first few days, which was difficult to work with. And, weird stuff has been going on lately with other people on staff or something. I have to remind myself not to get involved and not to let it get to me. Wish it were so easy to ignore it.
I have concluded a couple of things:
1. The plant unit should be removed. I wish we had spent more time on cells and genetics (which the students were far more interested in) and had more time for diseases. I feel like, due to the final project, we're only touching on human disease, and there could be so much more. Genetic disorders and cancer would be a great transition from genetics to human diseases. The plant unit just felt like some oddball thing in the middle of the fun. Plus, if we have more time for diseases, I can show the entire Osmosis Jones film as a part of the class.
2. I could never teach middle school students for a living. As wonderful and adorable my students can be (Bernardo and Eric are frightenly obsessed with science, but it's all good...it makes Block B that much better), I don't think I could handle it all the time. Middle school students have a strange attitude that I can't seem to work with. And the whole "don't lecture for more than 10 minutes" thing...very difficult. If I became a teacher, I'd be torturing, I mean, educating high school students. Or college students. I can get away with making fun of them more.
Secret pals update: Still having fun. ^_^ Being sneaky is fun. I've fooled Syreeta into thinking I'm her secret pal. Mwahahaha. My godbro Ray was my secret pal last week. I thought it might have been him just by the handwriting, but why he gave me a miniature clear plastic shoe still baffles me. Alex came up with strange ideas as to why. So, Ray Man: you need to explain it to me one of these days!
Harry Potter 6: Finally finished it. So good, so sad. Still, I don't think I've enjoyed any of the Harry Potter books as much as this one (or maybe I can't remember the others as well). I want book 7 out, right now. But, AUGH! Book 6 is just...whoa...crazy. I have theories about characters now.
MCAT studying: My brain is full. I felt the same way after studying three days solid for the ochem final. Six chapters of ochem in one day. I got a couple 100% on the practice questions at the end of the chapter, which was exciting. That means I actually remember this stuff! Hurray. I'm scared of the big test still. Eek!
Library adventures: Went to the library (Santa Teresa branch) to get books for the kids' final projects with Alex. We literally pulled every single book off the shelf in the human disease and health section. I think we got maybe 20+ books on diseases for the final projects. All in less than an hour.
The Gondoliers: Saw it with my parents last Saturday. SO GOOD. I was very happy afterwards. Put me on a nice musical kick for a couple days (yay Wicked and Chicago - my poor bro who had to suffer through it all in the car...luckily, I did not play Les Miserables). Got to see my parents and eat good food with them.
My old job: I've been looking at pictures from the camps going on. OMG! They changed the shirt color for the staff. I don't know if I can handle this. I mean. It was so easy to spot the maroon shirts. Now they're dark green. WHOA! When, how, and why did this happen? The maroon shirts were classic, and in dark green, the staff blends in. I can't find them as easily in the pictures. Or maybe I'm used to finding the maroon shirts. And to my old coworkers from camp, how I miss you guys! There are some things about camp that I don't think I'll ever find anywhere else. If I do become a teacher, I shall be back for insanity (hopefully as a facilitator).
The whole teacher vs. doctor thing: Still unresolved. >_< This is going to drive me nuts until I do decide. I have reasons for both. Big reason for both: I have met teachers/doctors who have disappointed me in their attitudes towards students/patients, and I want to change that. I believe energy (both positive and negative) is contagious. We need good doctors and teachers in the world. Gah...so tough to decide between the two. As Higdon kept saying, "Your problem is that you have options, so you can't decide." Aiya.
And so is my life at the moment. I can't think of much else right now...later days!