I'm frickin exhausted. I didn't know sitting in class for 6 1/2 hours could be so exhausted. My 8 hour school day isn't even this tiring. I just esentially hate module. Like I said, avoid Chicago Field Base at all costs. No joke.

That's about it...I'm too tired to type anymore.

I haven't posted in awhile have I? I've been so busy at my new placement it has been sick. I love it though. I'm at Maine West High School in Des Plaines. They have a weird computer system so I can't even update during my lunch break. Besides, my lunch break is taken up having to do lesson plans and stuff. My cooperating teacher rules, he's ( Read more... )

So life has just been plain out goofy the past few weeks. Between all the mess happening with school and other issues, I just don't feel right. I think my immune system weakened due to all the stress. I just want 2004 to be over. It started out being the best year of my life and now is concluding to be the worst year ever known to man ( Read more... )

So last Wednesday I had my team meeting that I was all worried about it. Weirdly enough my suspicions were right and the meeting was horribly scary. By the end I was crying and no conclusion was made. A little later in the day I got a call that I was removed from my placement though it didn't really seem as if there was an explanation for it. I ( Read more... )

Both of my cooperating teachers have subs today so it's all me. Things have been going well. The kids have been a little rowdy but nothing that couldn't be taken care of. I was pretty strict with the math class today but they needed to get in gear. Luckily everyone got stuff done ( Read more... )

Everything is wearing me out beyond belief. I went to bed at 9:30 last night because I was so exhausted. My cooperating teacher is bi-polar and my field base coordinators are a bit on the psychotic side. If anyone is behind me in the ISU special ed program, AVOID CHICAGO FIELD BASE AT ALL COSTS ( Read more... )

So how am I supposed to teach a class to read if they have no English basis at all? NONE...not one bit. I can teach someone who is non-verbal, I can teach someone who has a LD in reading. NO English skills though, it's really frustrating because I'm using the skills that I learned in my Literacy courses but it's not the same when you are ( Read more... )

I'm at school right now. It's my prep time/lunch periods. I'm just so sad today. I had my ISU classes all yesterday and it just really depressed me because I have so much work todo and I know how fast the semesters usually go by. It's really frustrating. My cooperating teachers have been cool and are offering to help with anything so I'm very ( Read more... )