I'm officially a teacher...
My kids hated me today for the first time! Well, not so much "hated." I can tell they love me deep down. But they were baaad. I'm okay with it but Abe was supposed to take me out and I was looking forward to it all day and now he is not going to. :( Till August. Lame! I am a poor, broke volunteer who wore heels all day and gets paid $5 a day. You can't cancel on me at the last minute after promising booze and hookah and relaxation!
Anyway tho, I'm a teacher now because you're not reeally a teacher till you want to cry and today I almost did. Mostly out of frustration. Really it was such a good lesson! And it went horribly awry as expected. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow. One of them even apologized, so that's good. Seriously, though, I realized today (mind you, before my language arts lesson was mutilated at the hands of 19 eleven-year-olds) that I could do this forever. Still wanna get my Ph.D., but I love teaching. Even when they're bad. (Then I mostly just hate 3-hour Northwestern classes after school gets out... Not fun to discuss "Math Methods" after disciplining for FOUR HOURS.)
It is over 90 degrees... I am going for a walk and there is the potential of a freeze pop. And then the Summer Solstice party. :) Whoo-hoo. (Not till Friday, but still... Now I know what true excitement for the weekend is.)
Oh, and Barenaked Ladies are coming for FREE for Taste of Chicago. Score!
Anyway tho, I'm a teacher now because you're not reeally a teacher till you want to cry and today I almost did. Mostly out of frustration. Really it was such a good lesson! And it went horribly awry as expected. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow. One of them even apologized, so that's good. Seriously, though, I realized today (mind you, before my language arts lesson was mutilated at the hands of 19 eleven-year-olds) that I could do this forever. Still wanna get my Ph.D., but I love teaching. Even when they're bad. (Then I mostly just hate 3-hour Northwestern classes after school gets out... Not fun to discuss "Math Methods" after disciplining for FOUR HOURS.)
It is over 90 degrees... I am going for a walk and there is the potential of a freeze pop. And then the Summer Solstice party. :) Whoo-hoo. (Not till Friday, but still... Now I know what true excitement for the weekend is.)
Oh, and Barenaked Ladies are coming for FREE for Taste of Chicago. Score!