Oct 03, 2007 17:23
I am about ready to have a heart attack at this point. I can't find my observation journals from two years ago and at the very latest they NEED to be handed in next week. I'm about to flip out. I had them for TWO YEARS in the same spot and now they are gone. If I don't find them I am going to cry. Well I already did that and other stuff happened because of them which reminded me of high school and why I miss my teacher support system so much.
In better news, Mr. Fiore and I are master schemers. We devised a plan in which he is going to come in and talk with my student teaching seminar in the spring and through that he will get his foot in the door to teach night classes at Kutztown and it worked! I proposed the idea(of him speaking) to Dr.Sanelli and she said she'd love to have him back(he had her for pro-sem AND came back to talk after he got a job)! As a matter of fact this is what she said:
Hi Sarah
Thank you for the information. George is one of my favorite people in the world. We will definitely have him come in and talk to you all. Probably during the student teaching seminar. We do an "interview" seminar where a principal comes in and interviews us and shares the process with us. Is George the principal at Southern now?
MS
That was faaaarrr too easy! haha. I'm just excited that everyone gets to meet him because he's like the superman of education. It's funny I say this considering I said this about him when I had him as a teacher my first year of high school:
my World Cultures teacher wasn't there today either..GLORY DAY. he's annoying he doesn't stop talking. i used to sit by his desk and he used to talk to me all the time! AHHH he was annoying. (Feb. 2002)
...mr. fiore is being annoying again. i wish he would just be quiet sometimes. he never shuts up..EVER. and i mean its not like he can't tell i hate talking to him. I am always mean and sarcastic. But now he is on a mission to make me smile in class. so now he'll never shut up. I hope 4th quarter he will move me to the other side of the room so i don't have to sit near his desk anymore..2 quarters of that in a row is ANNOYING. he's so stupid.
so yeah..AND THEN 2nd period...mr.fiore is on his "hey gantert how are you today" thing again..so he asked me that and i am like "terrible" he's like "TERRIBLE IT"S ONLY MONDAY!" and i said"yup terrible" and he's all"what's wrong" and i am like "everything" and he's like "well...let's start from the top" and i am like "no"..and he's like "NO??!" . like i am going to tell him about my day. blah to teachers.
so Mr.Fiore is messed up. i guess he thought all year he had to like look out for me or something. because this kid gave me a smart answer after i asked him something, and i go "SHUT UP" and mr. fiore goes "NICK, LEAVE GANTERT ALONE!" and i am like..thinking..shut the fuck up mr.fiore. geez..
but then I had nice things to say when I was in 11th grade and realized what an impact he made:
Oh and then there was World Cultures with Mr.Fiore. You know, i used to complain on end about him. He had me sitting by his desk the whole last semester of school. And i remember sitting here and complaining about him always trying to talk to me. He used to get mad because i was "always in a bad mood" and how i "never smiled". I remember he was bent on making me smile just ONCE in his class. Well he was pretty stupid because i'm sure i laughed a lot in that class. Mr.Fiore and Mr.Reese were actually two of my favorite teachers. As much as i never let people know that. I actually did really like World Cultures. Actually it was one of my favorite classes of all time. I've never had so much fun in class, nor have i ever learned so much. Maybe one day I'll tell Mr.Fiore that he really isn't one of my least favorite teachers:P(since i definitely told him that last year.). All in all that was one of the most exciting parts of school. I always enjoyed going to 2nd period
How this man put up with me in 10th grade is beyond me! Like I always tell people though, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be where I am right now(in the middle of a panic attack over losing observation hours??:P) As a matter of fact, the guy is still helping me! Giving me books for school and pointers on pro-sem. It's like he never stops teaching. Like Mr.Feeney in Boy Meets World, except Mr.Fiore doesn't live next door to me and he hasn't been my teacher from elementary school to college, haha. He's like a nice older brother that doesn't beat me up and yell at me at work:P (really though, I've always thought of him as another older brother).
Anyway, blah blah teaching stuff. blah blah. I need to go look for these observation journals again! Even though I've already ripped apart my entire house....
adios.
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