The daily happenings

School
My weekly workload has been increased by 2 hours a week since last year, so I’m up to 16 hours of classes per week.  Even though it’s only an extra two hours, it seems like I’m really busy and there aren’t enough hours to just sit down and rest (which is the opposite of when the kids are on vacation).  I don’t even have time to really go over my lesson plans with my JTEs.  I sort of just prepare it a day ahead of the lesson and there’s no time for the JTE (usually my supervisor) to give me feedback.  This leads to a disorganized lesson where my supervisor usually hangs me out to dry and dissociates herself from the lesson.  Whatever.  After re-watching Grey’s (the one where Bailey operates on the white supremacist), I will try to follow her example and “rise above.”  Even during the class when I was going out of my mind with frustration, I said to myself, “I am rising above.”  Just 3 more months.

On a good note, on the whole, my first year classes seem to be awesome.  The kids actually know my name this year.  I have a feeling it’s because I was giving out candy in my introduction lesson.  Actually, it’s not just a feeling, I know that’s the reason.  “Eric!  Candy please,” is what they say.  $10 invested in candy was money well spent.  But now the kids are probably going to expect candy every lesson.  I’m scared to see how candy-deprived students act up in class.