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Giving a demo lesson at one of Fabulous District's high schools tomorrow. My lesson plan is done, my materials that need to be copied will be copied in the morning. I'll probably go over the procedure a few more times, but there's pretty much nothing left to freak out over...which is giving me a Lorelai Gilmore-ish freak-out about having nothing freak out about. Oh wait, I still have to figure out what I'm going to wear tomorrow. That should do it.
I am completely confident that my lesson is awesome, especially given the super broad topic I was given (reforms during the Progressive Era, way to narrow it down). It has primary documents, group work, writing, and a PowerPoint - what more could they ask for? I'm not worried about actually teaching, because standing in front of a room full of strange teenagers does not faze me at all. Once I get rolling, I will be fine - in fact, I think I'll probably be more nervous once the lesson is over and I have to face the administrators judging me. I know there are two other people doing demo lessons tomorrow as well - as far as I am concerned, I am going to rip their proverbial still-beating hearts out of their chests and show it to them before I finish them off. So, yeah, there's that.
I'm a little nervous now, but I think it's more of an anticipation thing. I'm a tiny bit worried about what kinds of kids I'll be teaching. I keep hoping that *surprise!* all of my favorite student-teaching kids will be there. Very unlikely. But I miss them. I need to get this job so I can have new students to replace the old ones.
OK. Time to tackle the closet.
I am completely confident that my lesson is awesome, especially given the super broad topic I was given (reforms during the Progressive Era, way to narrow it down). It has primary documents, group work, writing, and a PowerPoint - what more could they ask for? I'm not worried about actually teaching, because standing in front of a room full of strange teenagers does not faze me at all. Once I get rolling, I will be fine - in fact, I think I'll probably be more nervous once the lesson is over and I have to face the administrators judging me. I know there are two other people doing demo lessons tomorrow as well - as far as I am concerned, I am going to rip their proverbial still-beating hearts out of their chests and show it to them before I finish them off. So, yeah, there's that.
I'm a little nervous now, but I think it's more of an anticipation thing. I'm a tiny bit worried about what kinds of kids I'll be teaching. I keep hoping that *surprise!* all of my favorite student-teaching kids will be there. Very unlikely. But I miss them. I need to get this job so I can have new students to replace the old ones.
OK. Time to tackle the closet.