Week 1 of teaching down.
I finished my first week of teaching, phew! It was mostly pretty good, but also kinda rough-mostly exhausting because of the new routine.
I'm up at 6:30am to get ready to go so I can walk down at 7:30 to be there by about ten to eight. Then I prep for class until 9 and then I'm teaching from 9-12. 12-12:30 is technically lunch, but since there is no place for teachers to 'hide' yet, I usually spend half that time simply helping the stragglers, answering questions, and then gulping down lunch in 10-15 minutes. Then it's back to teaching from 12:30-2:30 and then another two hours after that of helping one of the students get caught up. I'm hope by about ten to five, make supper, take care of the kiddo and then rinse and repeat for the week.
So exhausting.
But at the same time, there were so many 'ah-ha!' moments when students achieved things, so much laughter and joking to break tension and so many people looking relieved; it was nice. I enjoy helping people learn :D
Week 2 begins on Monday. This coming week should be easier as most of the class will be doing their own thing, but who knows? It could throw me a curveball. That's why I have a frozen lasagna in the fridge.
William has been taking the change in an all right fashion-he mostly behaves for my sister. However, he has been clingy and he keeps telling me he misses me. :/ Hopefully he adjusts.
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Writing has halted completely. I might bring my manuscript to work on my flash drive so that when I'm not helping students, I can work on it a bit. I've got to get back to it! On the other hand, other ideas are creeping around in my head, so that's nice.
The whole week is kind of a big blur at this point. I have to mark finals next week and total everyone's grades for my boss. Hopefully everyone passes! But for now, I'm mostly...
What's on the Shelf:
I had to take 2312 back to the library today because I know I won't get to it until it's due. Sigh. I'll have to take it out later.
The Devil You Know, by Mike Cary
Passage, by Connie Willis
Editing:
Stalled due to work. We'll see what happens next week.
I'm up at 6:30am to get ready to go so I can walk down at 7:30 to be there by about ten to eight. Then I prep for class until 9 and then I'm teaching from 9-12. 12-12:30 is technically lunch, but since there is no place for teachers to 'hide' yet, I usually spend half that time simply helping the stragglers, answering questions, and then gulping down lunch in 10-15 minutes. Then it's back to teaching from 12:30-2:30 and then another two hours after that of helping one of the students get caught up. I'm hope by about ten to five, make supper, take care of the kiddo and then rinse and repeat for the week.
So exhausting.
But at the same time, there were so many 'ah-ha!' moments when students achieved things, so much laughter and joking to break tension and so many people looking relieved; it was nice. I enjoy helping people learn :D
Week 2 begins on Monday. This coming week should be easier as most of the class will be doing their own thing, but who knows? It could throw me a curveball. That's why I have a frozen lasagna in the fridge.
William has been taking the change in an all right fashion-he mostly behaves for my sister. However, he has been clingy and he keeps telling me he misses me. :/ Hopefully he adjusts.
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Writing has halted completely. I might bring my manuscript to work on my flash drive so that when I'm not helping students, I can work on it a bit. I've got to get back to it! On the other hand, other ideas are creeping around in my head, so that's nice.
The whole week is kind of a big blur at this point. I have to mark finals next week and total everyone's grades for my boss. Hopefully everyone passes! But for now, I'm mostly...
What's on the Shelf:
I had to take 2312 back to the library today because I know I won't get to it until it's due. Sigh. I'll have to take it out later.
The Devil You Know, by Mike Cary
Passage, by Connie Willis
Editing:
Stalled due to work. We'll see what happens next week.
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