Jun 07, 2005 22:45
Today was a good day. It was gorgeous out, for starters...
I finished my reading for my Lit class this morning, showered, then went over to see my SP from my second grade class in Natick. She had gotten the note I left for her on her plan book, and we actually chatted for about 2 hours while she got some work done for the class. I realized that both her and I had about the same type of experiences through student teaching; she hated it and almost dropped out. She taught 4th grade for a few years and hated every minute of it. We talked about my experiences, the things I've learned through student teaching and my field studies, the things I've accomplished (my units, hours I've taught, etc), and hopes for the future. I found out that there is a 3rd grade position open in that school that I'm going to apply for. That would be such a great opportunity to work there, especially considering the potential that school system has. The principal of that school is a master of finances and finds money in all sorts of places, so the teachers get great funding, as long as they actually need the stuff they're requesting. I'd start out with much more than $250 to start a classroom. I'd love to have 3rd grade. Plus, I'd know about 7 of the students because they were in Nancy's class. Nancy is going to write me a recommendation so once I have that, I can start applying for jobs like crazy. I'm starting to feel like a bum...
Chrissy is back from Vegas! She said her mom (retiring 2nd grade teacher) has a bunch of stuff for me, so that would be fabulous. I have to make plans to see that girl :-)
Class went really well today. We watched The House of Sand and Fog which was sad, but it was definitely a good movie. I finally decided on what I'm going to do for my film presentation next week. Now all I have to do is grab the LOTR movies from Rob so I can get my stuff together for that. I also have my short paper due next week for my Lit class, but I should be able to spit that out pretty quickly. Not a toughie this time around.
I have class in the morning, and I was dead in Monday's class...I actually came home and took a nap. I should get well rested for tomorrow's class. I hope tomorrow was as good of a day as today was. That would be very nice :-)
G'night all!