Obviously I haven't been so good about blogging.
I'm still not, but I figured I could at least attempt to overcome the inertia of so many days without blogging at all. So here are some things I've been thinking about.
It's hot here. The highs have been around 90 all week. That's actually really quite pleasant outside, even with a bit of stickiness, but in my apartment it's miserable.
I finally bought a fan tonight.So now it's approximately 15 degrees cooler in my bedroom, where I put the fan, than it is in my kitchen (where I'm blogging), due to my infernal gas stove, refrigerator, and laptop.Today I finished my first week of teaching reading. I have 11 classes altogether: 3 level R (4 and 5-year olds), 1 Level 1 (entering first graders), 3 Level 4 (entering 4th and 5th graders), 3 Level 5 (entering 6-8th graders), and 1 Level 7 (adults).So far, the adults are my favorite, followed by the little ones; the middle schoolers are without question my least favorite. They make me work for it. Maybe by the end of the five-week term I--or they--will have come around. In the meantime, they just exhaust me (which, of course, I can't actually show).Tomorrow I have a haircut appointment. Finally!Oh, I was in Chicago for eight days for training for this teaching gig. I met some really great people. At the end, I had a really terrible time at O'Hare and ended up taking a bus home (one week ago today). Maybe I'll talk about it someday... or maybe not.I guess that's all for now.
2 comments:
tell the story. it will be therapeutic for you... ;-)
I think I heard about the teaching reading program you're doing. I wanted to do something like that, but there was too much traveling involved because most of the places were near or in MSP. It sounds like a good and growth-encouraging experience. Good luck with those middle schoolers.
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