How am I going to get through this day? I just spend half an hour in the ap's office, which resulted in some tears. I haven't been here an hour and I've already cried. I feel so inadequate.

I am so fucking tired of being young ( Read more... )

I had no less than four five kids in this afternoon trying to deal with late work (half of which said they were POSITIVE they turned it in on time, because they always turn everything in on time, they KNOW they turned it in on time, etc etc). I also have four emails in my inbox with angry parents demanding to know where their kids latework is, and ( Read more... )

Today started out as not such a good day...I have a horrible cold, and I'm just groggy and irritable. Needless to say, once my seventh hour started talking, I started handing out detentions ( Read more... )

Teaching is HARD. Real fuckin' hard. I'd forgotten that while I was galavanting around Ireland. It's a lot of work! I come home every single day, collapse in the recliner and promptly go into a coma until dinner. I just sit there, eyes closed, not asleep, just unable to move. Then I have to get up and plan the next day ( Read more... )

Today was my first day with kiddies. It was freshman orientation, meaning the freshmen came and we had little "mini classes". I have two classes with freshmen in them, so i obviously got to meet them both. I helped out a little bit with other things, but mostly I got my room and desk set up ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is my first day of workshops. I should not be nervous. Why am I nervous? I don't even have to see any students tomorrow. It's just me, 11 new teachers, and the principal. There's no reason I should be nervous. But I am anyways ( Read more... )

I go between these highs and lows. some days, I write five lessons and feel so accomplished. other days, I write nothing and feel like a big fat blob. Worst of all, I am scared that I'm going to be completely incompetent. I am second guessing my plans and myself. I'm worrying that I'll be ineffective and that all these awesome lesson plans I'm ( Read more... )

Sometimes I am reminded of just how anal retentive I can be. I got my new mp3 player in the mail (a replacement for the old one that died unexpectedly shortly before returning stateside. rip Tina II, you were an excellent travel companion ( Read more... )

Two stories today.

( screw the pizzas, dad! )