Daring to Be » 2007 » October

I am in an incredibly grouchy mood right now, with no real concrete reason to be.

Today was my last internship inservice. My co-op and I went through my mid-term evaluation and I just found it to be really draining. Nine pages of statements that we discussed whether or not I had met, and if not, my plan for improvement. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand the importance of doing it and luckily enough, I wasn’t surprised with anything we talked about but all the same it was exhausting going through my internship thus far with such a fine toothed comb. We finished it at 2 PM, I came home and crashed until 4 PM! Which in turn made me feel guilty, because it was a beautiful day today and Winston came and sat on my chest, staring me down like “Aren’t you taking me for a walk?” He finally gave up, let out a huge sigh, and had a nap with me.

I also chaired the ESS meeting tonight, which is always fun. (Please note the sarcasm.) I just feel like I am the worst chairperson ever sometimes!

So now I plan on doing nothing but watching The Hills, even though I have assignments to mark and things to plan. But I don’t care, not at this moment, I just need to relax a bit.

Not much new except that internship is still coming along great. I’m over half done already!

Funny story to share that shows what a newbie teacher I am. Yesterday I played Jeopardy with the grade 6 class I teach as a review for Monday’s exam. What did I bring for treats?

• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Gum

Yes. Though the school I am at is not a peanut free zone, there are a few students who do have peanut allergies and one happens to be in this class. As for gum, well, were you ever allowed gum in elementary school?

Anyway it was funny, I had a good laugh at myself. I ended up still giving them gum since it was the last class of the day. And that’s my newbie teacher story… not thinking and bringing peanuts and gum as a treat! (Which might only be funny to exactly two people: myself and Megan!)

I’m simply too busy to blog and I refuse to apologize for that because I’m enjoying every last second of it.

My life revolves around planning lessons and researching different options of what I can do and where I can go after graduating.

I really don’t have time for much else.

Don’t worry though. I am taking some time for myself (example: I am rereading “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho), I just don’t spend that time blogging. I do have some issues that I will blog about eventually, so stay tuned.