Today
I was accosted by a bedspring that escaped from my box spring in my leg. I felt it all day on Sunday. So, today I had to deal with a major gash in my left leg. It hurt all day long. And now, Dixie Dog is licking the Neosporin of of me. Yuck. She'll eat anything.
We're having a hard time getting her potty trained. She knows she needs to go outside, but she will still pee inside. I think she does it for attention. So this month I am setting her up with puppy training classes. Petsmart will give me a discount because I adopted her there. I just hope it pays off.
Anthony and I might be moving in together. he is reluctant. he is afraid he'll be disowned. I'm not at all worried about what my parents or family thinks. I was disowned when I wanted to go to college. And a family that will disown one for going to college is not the family to be in. At least, I think. I have all the paperwork and extra money for the deposit. And I think that is part of the problem. He wants to be the man. He wants to provide, he wants to feel macho? I'm not sure. I'm sorry I got a good job out of college and am able to do it well? He has a job and he too does it well. He hates his job and that is the source of a lot of stress. He wants to go back to school and get another degree in math and Computer Science. I fully support this. I think he's afraid he won't be able to make enough money and not help out on bills. He will, he is stressed to about nothing. He was nervous when we adopted Dixie and now he loves her and comes over to play with her more than me. So, what is a girl to do?
Teaching is okay. The other English teacher turned in her resignation today. She can't take the heat, so she is leaving the kitchen. I knew it. I have been back and forth myself, but there is no way I am going to quit on the students like that. They are trying to run me off, but I've had worse things happen to me. I can't wait until next year! This year was okay, but next year is going to rock so much! Now that I know what TAKS and TEKS are. I know how to teach, I know what to teach and when to teach it. I know how to spot a cheater by the way the wind is blowing or the smell. I know every trick in the book and I've made my mark. Students know not to walk down my hall with phones out and mp3's blasting. I'm a mean teacher, I make students study and read. I am an awful teacher; I make kids write. I am. I may not know everything about grammar, but that is relative. Grammar today will not be the same when these kids have kids. I promise. Language is such a fluid thing. It changes every second and in no particular direction. I think that is why I like it so much.
TAKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) Tests are next week, Wednesday. I am worried. I guess because these students scores stay on my record for the rest of my teaching career. Or, that I might not get my contract renewed if they don't pass. Pressure is seeping in through the cracks of my lessons and crushing my ... everything.
Man, I get called "the man."
I have to write some notes for the ninth graders.
We're having a hard time getting her potty trained. She knows she needs to go outside, but she will still pee inside. I think she does it for attention. So this month I am setting her up with puppy training classes. Petsmart will give me a discount because I adopted her there. I just hope it pays off.
Anthony and I might be moving in together. he is reluctant. he is afraid he'll be disowned. I'm not at all worried about what my parents or family thinks. I was disowned when I wanted to go to college. And a family that will disown one for going to college is not the family to be in. At least, I think. I have all the paperwork and extra money for the deposit. And I think that is part of the problem. He wants to be the man. He wants to provide, he wants to feel macho? I'm not sure. I'm sorry I got a good job out of college and am able to do it well? He has a job and he too does it well. He hates his job and that is the source of a lot of stress. He wants to go back to school and get another degree in math and Computer Science. I fully support this. I think he's afraid he won't be able to make enough money and not help out on bills. He will, he is stressed to about nothing. He was nervous when we adopted Dixie and now he loves her and comes over to play with her more than me. So, what is a girl to do?
Teaching is okay. The other English teacher turned in her resignation today. She can't take the heat, so she is leaving the kitchen. I knew it. I have been back and forth myself, but there is no way I am going to quit on the students like that. They are trying to run me off, but I've had worse things happen to me. I can't wait until next year! This year was okay, but next year is going to rock so much! Now that I know what TAKS and TEKS are. I know how to teach, I know what to teach and when to teach it. I know how to spot a cheater by the way the wind is blowing or the smell. I know every trick in the book and I've made my mark. Students know not to walk down my hall with phones out and mp3's blasting. I'm a mean teacher, I make students study and read. I am an awful teacher; I make kids write. I am. I may not know everything about grammar, but that is relative. Grammar today will not be the same when these kids have kids. I promise. Language is such a fluid thing. It changes every second and in no particular direction. I think that is why I like it so much.
TAKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) Tests are next week, Wednesday. I am worried. I guess because these students scores stay on my record for the rest of my teaching career. Or, that I might not get my contract renewed if they don't pass. Pressure is seeping in through the cracks of my lessons and crushing my ... everything.
Man, I get called "the man."
I have to write some notes for the ninth graders.