Hi! I’m blooooooogging. That totally looks like it should be pronounced bloogging instead of blogging… blaaaaaaaaaaaahgging? Blagging? (which means robbing in British) Bliggity Bloggity Bloo?
Sorry about that… just writing what my brain is saying to me, sometimes not the best of ideas.
So, new exciting stuff… well, first new and not so exciting stuff, I can’t decide on a blog appearance skin thingy that I actually like. I finally was like “Ooo, pretty” and then went to read Prof H’s blog and realized that it was the same one and I didn’t feel like stealing it from her (as she had it first) so then I found this green and orange one which is okay for now, but I don’t really like it that much… and this only causes me aggravation when I am ON wordpress and therefore I’ve been avoiding wordpress, that and I don’t know what to write… but I should know what to write, so I’m writing.
Last week, I subbed for the first time! Woohoo. It was for an 11th grade US History class… and all I was doing was handing out tests, getting the kids to work quietly and taking attendance. Woohoo? Not so exciting. And I totally agreed with the kids complaining/grumbling/whining because they had taken the history Regents exam the day before… and then they came to class an their teacher gave them another test?? Oh, and he called it a “reading check” even though it was 3 pages long and included multiple choice, short answer, AND ESSAYS! WTF? Oh well. They seeemed to realized that although I sympathized with them in their test-taking woe, there was nothing I could do about it, so they worked rather well.
It reminded me that I really do like being in the classroom and bantering with the kids… example conversation:
Kid: Mr Teacherface* told us we could work with partners on this.
Me: Oh did he? Strange how you didn’t know about the quiz/test/check then…
Kid: We knew, we were just hoping you didn’t.
Me: Mmmhmm, well, Mr Teacherface* didn’t say that you could work with partners, so I’m going to have to go with No on that.
Kid: Well, we wouldn’t tell him.
Me: Ahh, but what about the 2 other classes that had to take the test without partners?
Kid: We could talk to the FBI and get a mind erasey thing so that they wouldn’t know… and you wouldn’t know.
Me: As much as I appreciate your creativity, FBI, mind erasing and everything… No partners, no books, no notes.
Apparently the FBI can erase people’s minds… kinda makes sense. *shrug* It was fun though and I jumped on the opportunity to sub again on Tuesday… for an ENGLISH CLASS!! Woohoo! I was all excited that I’d get to teach English and stuff and yay, and then I got there and found out that the teacher I was subbing for had a student teacher. So… I spent the whole day sitting there doing nothing, which hey, I got paid $65 to play games, do homework, and work on wedding plans… but I was actually looking forward to teaching. Also, I thought I’d only use my laptop during lunch, so I didn’t bring my power-cord… had I known I was going to be sitting there doing nothing, the power-cord would’ve come with me and I could’ve played the Sims 2 all day… instead of just the 3 hours of battery that I had.
I felt bad for the student teacher because it was her first time actually being in control of the kids… and she had no control. The kids were definitely testing their boundaries and found them to be super-pliable… I wanted to be like “Hey kids, sit down, be quiet and listen to your teacher” but I couldn’t because then that would’ve taken what little authority that she had away from her and put it on me… so in the upcoming weeks as she is their full-time teacher, they would know that she can’t stand up for herself and walk all over her. *sigh* I’m sure she was just nervous and jittery because it was the first time she was teaching them, but still… oh well.
I’m subbing again on the 13th and then working at Wegmans in the evening because it’s the day before Valentine’s Day (oh, and I’ll be subbing for a teacher with a student teacher, so needless to say, my power-cord, it will be coming with me). Here’s what my day will look like on the 13th.
5:30 am- Wake up.
6:20 am- Leave for subbing.
7:20 am- Arrive at school for subbing.
8:00 am-2:45 pm- Subbing.
2:45 pm- 3:45 pm- Drive home.
4:30 pm-MIDNIGHT- go to work at Wegs.
Argh, it’s going to be a long and strenuous day… but oh well, what can I do about it? Nothing.
Tomorrow (well, later today), Joel and I are going to his church to talk to Sister Joan (a nun) about what we need to do to get married there… that’s going to be a fun conversation— Joel informed me today that Sister Joan doesn’t know I’m not Catholic, or Christian, or anything… so yay for awkward meetings with nuns? I’ll let you know how that goes.
And now I’m going to go to sleeeeeeeep. Bye!
Not having classes is still really surreal. I keep thinking I have homework to do or books that I’ve been assigned to read or whatever. I think it’ll be even more surreal in September. Even though I’ve been taking summer classes for my Master’s, September always feels like when School starts… so when it doesn’t this year, I’ll probably be very confused. My diploma came in the mail last week, it’s pretty and says I have a Masters in Science… but not what the degree is in which kind of bothers me, but I’ll survive. Planning a graduation party for next Saturday, so that should be fun.
But at least that means they have my number.