Dear Life, LEAVE ME ALONE! Love, Liz.
As the subject line implies, I'm a little stressed right now. Classic me, classic student teaching stress. I just feel like I have no idea where to go with what I'm supposed to be teaching. Mythology seems to be going pretty well, for the most part, but as Tony told me earlier, I think I have to start kicking some people into gear. Which makes me angry, because it puts me into an awkward position. Not my classroom, I've only been teaching these kids for a week, blah blah blah. Basically, it makes me mad. BAVPA's been pretty good so far, but I'm just not enjoying it as much as I had hoped. Yeah, kids are kids, but it's still different. Freaking student teaching, being all stupid. Not to mention, I'm being observed tomorrow, and I'm pretty nervous.
Also, I have a unit to start on Monday with the AP kids. I don't know what I'm doing with them. I feel like I haven't even had a chance to talk to my coop. teacher about it. I kinda have an idea of what to do, but I need reassurance and a little help.
Also! I hate my jump drive lately. I think it's my computer, but for whatever reason, whenever I try to work on something and save it to my jump drive, some crazy things popup, basically saying, "Yeaaaahhh whatever you just tried to save is now shutting down and isn't going to re-open no matter how hard you try." And then I have to actually restart my computer, in order to actually get the stupid thing out, because even if I have every window closed, it says that the file is still being used. I hate you, jump drive! Especially when I work hard, save to both the jump drive and my computer, so I won't lose all of it, and then I make more modifications to the one on the jump drive, and I lose them. It's really draining and it pisses me off more than anything.
And, of course, I need the jump drive to work on anything, because I can't be at my computer all day- I kinda have to do that teaching thing. And if I finish something at BAVPA and want to print it out, that's a whole nother pain in the ass, because there's one printer in the school! Well, technically 2, if you count one in this one teacher's room. That's ridiculous. Wherever I go, and whether I want to print something, or copy something, I have to bring my own paper, because it's a Buffalo Public School. Oh, and the copy machine's crap, so the copies usually don't turn out well. This placement is just full of its "joys" that drive me nuts. Don't even get me started on the amount of assemblies these kids have that get them out of class per week. Because of a 4-period long assembly, I taught a class of 9th graders after they had been sitting for 2 hours and had just eaten lunch. It was fun....the only feedback I got from my coop. was, "you did pretty well, considering what was going on today."
I'm just super stressed right now, and I don't know how to fix it. Thank god i'm not working much this weekend, because it's gonna be a planning-filled weekend. And I'd start working on my AP unit, but I don't want to lose it.
Also, I have a unit to start on Monday with the AP kids. I don't know what I'm doing with them. I feel like I haven't even had a chance to talk to my coop. teacher about it. I kinda have an idea of what to do, but I need reassurance and a little help.
Also! I hate my jump drive lately. I think it's my computer, but for whatever reason, whenever I try to work on something and save it to my jump drive, some crazy things popup, basically saying, "Yeaaaahhh whatever you just tried to save is now shutting down and isn't going to re-open no matter how hard you try." And then I have to actually restart my computer, in order to actually get the stupid thing out, because even if I have every window closed, it says that the file is still being used. I hate you, jump drive! Especially when I work hard, save to both the jump drive and my computer, so I won't lose all of it, and then I make more modifications to the one on the jump drive, and I lose them. It's really draining and it pisses me off more than anything.
And, of course, I need the jump drive to work on anything, because I can't be at my computer all day- I kinda have to do that teaching thing. And if I finish something at BAVPA and want to print it out, that's a whole nother pain in the ass, because there's one printer in the school! Well, technically 2, if you count one in this one teacher's room. That's ridiculous. Wherever I go, and whether I want to print something, or copy something, I have to bring my own paper, because it's a Buffalo Public School. Oh, and the copy machine's crap, so the copies usually don't turn out well. This placement is just full of its "joys" that drive me nuts. Don't even get me started on the amount of assemblies these kids have that get them out of class per week. Because of a 4-period long assembly, I taught a class of 9th graders after they had been sitting for 2 hours and had just eaten lunch. It was fun....the only feedback I got from my coop. was, "you did pretty well, considering what was going on today."
I'm just super stressed right now, and I don't know how to fix it. Thank god i'm not working much this weekend, because it's gonna be a planning-filled weekend. And I'd start working on my AP unit, but I don't want to lose it.