If I were a motivational speaker, today I would have had projectiles lobbed at me. Instead, I tanked my observation and heard the grumbles of disgruntled middle schoolers. Granted, I chose to teach something I'd never tried to before. I had my students in a new seating arrangement. It was a Monday morning. I crashed and burned. And, if that weren't horrific enough, I resorted to ultimatum of threatening to cancel the field trip Friday. It was a day filled of proud, memorable moments.
Oh, that angered the pre-adolescents: "Nobody likes you." When they pull that, I just tell them that doesn't work on me because I'm not a seventh grader.
And, I get frustrated with how long it takes them to complete tasks. I always add five minutes to how long I project the task will take. And, I'm amazed. They don't understand you don't get extra time because you came to class unprepared. I am so not an elementary school teacher.
All this venting aside, I think some of my sprouts learned some stuff. We started and finished our first problem-solution essay. I think it went pretty well. I always forget that I should do the majority of the talking the first go. The proof will be in the pudding tomorrow.
And, I had a good time with my family tonight before I took a walk and wrote a test. We really tanked at Jeopardy! tonight. My brother loathes the Canadian with the answer cards as much as I do, which makes the loathing even more enjoyable.
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