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Month in Review:
The first two weeks of March were spent trying to get students to pass before the end of the trimester. Those who I could get to do the work were suprised at how easy it was - "yeah all you had to do was do it". A lot of them realized how incredibly lazy they were by not doing the at home learning.
Spring break had nothing too exciting. Played a lot of video games. Got into Valheim which is a Viking "skyrim/minecraft" like experience. Lots of fun, and it will only get better because it is still in the early stages. The multiplayer needs to be improved though, I keep having to disconnect/reconnect when playing with friends because I desync and cannot interact with objects. There was also one very frustrating experience when I died but no gravestone appeared so I lost all my stuff.
I enetered into the Free Enterprise Lali-Ho league. I have been suprised at how I am doing, I am currently 3-0, so I just need to win one more match to make it to the brackets. I almost feel like that because I asked to not be restreamed I am "purposely" not being paired with the big league people. I know I'm not that good, the async races tell me that I cannot break the 50% place, so I suspect that if I make it to the brackets I'm going to lose the first round. It has been a lot of fun though and the admin team did a fantastic job with a streaming boot camp. I am now streaming on Twitch for the first time and it isn't too bad.
After spring break our district switched to full in person. It is like they didn't listen to a single teacher for feedback. We should wait at least 2 weeks after spring break because so many people are coming from vacation and have a high chance of having and spreading Covid. Plus in the districts "infinite wisdom" they are doing a normal sechedule this week (which is what we should be doing for the whole term) and then switching to a new schedule next week that may confuse a bunch of kids. Plus I am not optimistic about Wednesdays, although I am kinda excited to do my own little "mini courses" and possible teach kids some tricks in Excel, how to type on a keyboard (they don't learn that at all! I checked with one of the admin who used to be at the middle school), and maybe explore fun topics and demos we never had the chance to do.
This Friday I got my second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. The next day I was a wreck - sever headaches, short breaths, cough, and a very high fever (102-103). I was almost worried that I would have to go to the emergency room, but then I don't want to pay for a visit for them to tell me to go home. It was awful yesterday.
The first two weeks of March were spent trying to get students to pass before the end of the trimester. Those who I could get to do the work were suprised at how easy it was - "yeah all you had to do was do it". A lot of them realized how incredibly lazy they were by not doing the at home learning.
Spring break had nothing too exciting. Played a lot of video games. Got into Valheim which is a Viking "skyrim/minecraft" like experience. Lots of fun, and it will only get better because it is still in the early stages. The multiplayer needs to be improved though, I keep having to disconnect/reconnect when playing with friends because I desync and cannot interact with objects. There was also one very frustrating experience when I died but no gravestone appeared so I lost all my stuff.
I enetered into the Free Enterprise Lali-Ho league. I have been suprised at how I am doing, I am currently 3-0, so I just need to win one more match to make it to the brackets. I almost feel like that because I asked to not be restreamed I am "purposely" not being paired with the big league people. I know I'm not that good, the async races tell me that I cannot break the 50% place, so I suspect that if I make it to the brackets I'm going to lose the first round. It has been a lot of fun though and the admin team did a fantastic job with a streaming boot camp. I am now streaming on Twitch for the first time and it isn't too bad.
After spring break our district switched to full in person. It is like they didn't listen to a single teacher for feedback. We should wait at least 2 weeks after spring break because so many people are coming from vacation and have a high chance of having and spreading Covid. Plus in the districts "infinite wisdom" they are doing a normal sechedule this week (which is what we should be doing for the whole term) and then switching to a new schedule next week that may confuse a bunch of kids. Plus I am not optimistic about Wednesdays, although I am kinda excited to do my own little "mini courses" and possible teach kids some tricks in Excel, how to type on a keyboard (they don't learn that at all! I checked with one of the admin who used to be at the middle school), and maybe explore fun topics and demos we never had the chance to do.
This Friday I got my second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. The next day I was a wreck - sever headaches, short breaths, cough, and a very high fever (102-103). I was almost worried that I would have to go to the emergency room, but then I don't want to pay for a visit for them to tell me to go home. It was awful yesterday.