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thought i'd bask in this brief glory...i'm really positive right not about student teaching! i LOVE the children... i LOVE teaching them. i absolutely LOVE seeing their faces light up with understanding and confidence that we've helped them develop. and it's not too shabby checkin' out their test scores, which have gone up considerably since we've taken over.
i find myself thinking about those kids so much. i want to know how they're doing when they aren't in the classroom. several of the girls tell me i'm their "class mommy" (two inparticular asked if i could come home with them and be their "real mommy"...ehh..weird.), because i care so much about them and what they have to say. i am like a mommy, too. it's kind of cool. i don't mind tying shoelaces, checkin' out recess injuries, holding hands, and walking puking kids to the office... i'm a totally different person than i think people might assume i am.
so, i've written lesson plans that are four-pages single-spaced. this is for two days lessons, but i'm thinking it'll last more like a week for each one. it's awesome. the students are always working in partners or groups (which was brought into the classroom for the first time thanks to my coteacher and myself)... and they're doing art, phys. ed, music, language arts, math, science, and social studies all based on different folk tales from around the world. it's awesome.. really complete. really engaging. i'm excited to start doing this with them on monday! can you HEAR THE EXCITEMENT IN MY DAMN TYPING?!
so, i have a lot of funny stories about student teaching so far. this one boy, rue, obviously has a crush on me. he's drawing pictures of me... and telling me how he wants to buy me chocolates (what a p-i-m-p)... and he's even gone so bold as to kiss my hand (yeah, i've had to have a little talk with him about this one). course, that didn't stop him from doing it a second time. but, he gave me his cherished g.i. joe sticker to make up for it. haha.. then, there's john. oh, john... what a funny little boy he is. has come out of the bathroom several times with wet pants ("it was just water, miss boower. i promise.").... funny how it didn't dry clear, though. haha. long story short.. i would love to teach first grade one day. i never thought i would want to do this.. but they honestly keep me alive and entertained more than anything. yeah, they're dependent.. but i'm a "nuturer" by nature, so it doesn't quite bother me as i thought it initially would.
okay. off student teaching for a moment. i'm drinking this weekend. i've worked such long, hard, painful, hours lately.. that i damn well deserve to be a lush for a couple nights! so, hell.. i'm doing it hardcore. craig, andrea, andie, and i are all hittin' the rip for some interesting times, i'm sure.
i wanted to hit b-town bars.. but craig is housesitting at a place near b-rip, so we can just take a cab there and crash at his place afterwards. that's easier than having to find a place to stay in bloomington or have someone drive us all back up here. especially since IU is on spring break anyway.. the rip will be crazy with college kids.
here's a thought. have you ever had someone like you so much and you're not sure why? yes, i am asking this for a reason. there's this guy... he's great from what i know about him... but we've gone on one date and he's already "all about" me. i'm not jumping to conclusions, he's told me this before. it's weird to me to have this kind of attention. i usually end up with the jerks who don't spend more than one day every other week seeing me... even if they live in the same block as me. so maybe i'm judging his genuine interest unfairly. but, i just don't know. i guess i like a little bit of a chase... and it's weird to have some guy who's already talkin' about how much he likes me at this point. especially considering he knows, still, very little about me. normally i would assume he's trying to get in my pants.. but when i look at him, i don't see that at all. to me, he's a nice guy. he's cute. he's interesting to be around. but, i haven't been around him long enough to know who he is and what he's all about. i haven't been looking for anything serious since november, when i broke it off with adam. well, even then, i wasn't really serious. just interested, i guess. either way... it's so weird for me to have this kind of attention. did i possibly become attracted to assholes, based on the pattern of attention i received via ex's? i highly doubt this is the case.. i'm thinking that, until i see that he knows who i am, that it'll be weird for him to like me as much as he says he does. we'll see what happens. i don't plan for a reason...
third phone call of the night from craig.. i better skidaddle.
it just occured to me... i don't even need to date anyone or have a boyfriend. damnit if my guy friends take up most all of my time as it is. love ya guys!!
--meg
okay.. side note. this is a funny story. this guy that i used to date a couple months ago called me up the other night to tell me that since we haven't seen each other in a while, he doesn't think we should date. haha. i had to, politely, remind him that we broke it off a long time ago.. and that's why we have not been speaking. yeah, it was a weird conversation. really humorous now, though.
i find myself thinking about those kids so much. i want to know how they're doing when they aren't in the classroom. several of the girls tell me i'm their "class mommy" (two inparticular asked if i could come home with them and be their "real mommy"...ehh..weird.), because i care so much about them and what they have to say. i am like a mommy, too. it's kind of cool. i don't mind tying shoelaces, checkin' out recess injuries, holding hands, and walking puking kids to the office... i'm a totally different person than i think people might assume i am.
so, i've written lesson plans that are four-pages single-spaced. this is for two days lessons, but i'm thinking it'll last more like a week for each one. it's awesome. the students are always working in partners or groups (which was brought into the classroom for the first time thanks to my coteacher and myself)... and they're doing art, phys. ed, music, language arts, math, science, and social studies all based on different folk tales from around the world. it's awesome.. really complete. really engaging. i'm excited to start doing this with them on monday! can you HEAR THE EXCITEMENT IN MY DAMN TYPING?!
so, i have a lot of funny stories about student teaching so far. this one boy, rue, obviously has a crush on me. he's drawing pictures of me... and telling me how he wants to buy me chocolates (what a p-i-m-p)... and he's even gone so bold as to kiss my hand (yeah, i've had to have a little talk with him about this one). course, that didn't stop him from doing it a second time. but, he gave me his cherished g.i. joe sticker to make up for it. haha.. then, there's john. oh, john... what a funny little boy he is. has come out of the bathroom several times with wet pants ("it was just water, miss boower. i promise.").... funny how it didn't dry clear, though. haha. long story short.. i would love to teach first grade one day. i never thought i would want to do this.. but they honestly keep me alive and entertained more than anything. yeah, they're dependent.. but i'm a "nuturer" by nature, so it doesn't quite bother me as i thought it initially would.
okay. off student teaching for a moment. i'm drinking this weekend. i've worked such long, hard, painful, hours lately.. that i damn well deserve to be a lush for a couple nights! so, hell.. i'm doing it hardcore. craig, andrea, andie, and i are all hittin' the rip for some interesting times, i'm sure.
i wanted to hit b-town bars.. but craig is housesitting at a place near b-rip, so we can just take a cab there and crash at his place afterwards. that's easier than having to find a place to stay in bloomington or have someone drive us all back up here. especially since IU is on spring break anyway.. the rip will be crazy with college kids.
here's a thought. have you ever had someone like you so much and you're not sure why? yes, i am asking this for a reason. there's this guy... he's great from what i know about him... but we've gone on one date and he's already "all about" me. i'm not jumping to conclusions, he's told me this before. it's weird to me to have this kind of attention. i usually end up with the jerks who don't spend more than one day every other week seeing me... even if they live in the same block as me. so maybe i'm judging his genuine interest unfairly. but, i just don't know. i guess i like a little bit of a chase... and it's weird to have some guy who's already talkin' about how much he likes me at this point. especially considering he knows, still, very little about me. normally i would assume he's trying to get in my pants.. but when i look at him, i don't see that at all. to me, he's a nice guy. he's cute. he's interesting to be around. but, i haven't been around him long enough to know who he is and what he's all about. i haven't been looking for anything serious since november, when i broke it off with adam. well, even then, i wasn't really serious. just interested, i guess. either way... it's so weird for me to have this kind of attention. did i possibly become attracted to assholes, based on the pattern of attention i received via ex's? i highly doubt this is the case.. i'm thinking that, until i see that he knows who i am, that it'll be weird for him to like me as much as he says he does. we'll see what happens. i don't plan for a reason...
third phone call of the night from craig.. i better skidaddle.
it just occured to me... i don't even need to date anyone or have a boyfriend. damnit if my guy friends take up most all of my time as it is. love ya guys!!
--meg
okay.. side note. this is a funny story. this guy that i used to date a couple months ago called me up the other night to tell me that since we haven't seen each other in a while, he doesn't think we should date. haha. i had to, politely, remind him that we broke it off a long time ago.. and that's why we have not been speaking. yeah, it was a weird conversation. really humorous now, though.