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Today was filled mostly with yet more orientation. They continued to drive home how insanely busy we'll be when the kids come and how you will get almost no time to yourself. Hah, you can't scare me I can't play WoW so I don't need personal time.
I'm working in the Prep for Success program, which means I'll be working with little-little ones (Middle Schoolers), many of whom are from foreign countries preparing/hoping to come to school in the US. Amanda, the teacher I'm paired with, is very cool and I think we're going to make a great team. We both share very similar philosophies with regards to children and education.
The electives I'm teaching have finally been settled, I'm teaching two sections of Videography and one section of Introduction to Computers. For Videography, I guess I'm going to use iMovie. I have yet to see the lab, the equipment, or the facilities so I don't really know what I can do to prepare until I do. Intro to Computers should be easy, as I am hoping to make student-centered and teach whatever the kids want to learn (harnessing the mighty power of consensus). I'm not anxious about these anymore after they gave one of the Master teachers who 'wanted to learn Photoshop, anyway' the graphic design class.
God, it is so boring out here. There is *nothing*. I guess I always have forty plus years of Doctor Who to watch. Man, do I miss Boston or really civilization in general. I know when the kids come I wont be bored but it's painful for another few days.
Red Sox
The Red Sox are as of tonight on an 11-game winning streak. Tonight we won our second game against the New York Mets and against ex-Red Sox Pedro Martinez. There was talk for weeks about the reception Pedro would receive. The first game against the Mets on Tuesday the crowd began chanting Pedro's name, and when Pedro emerged from the dugout he received a full standing ovation from the crowd.
To quote Martinez:
"I know the Red Sox fans are fans, true fans. It's not because of facing them [Wednesday night], because I'm [coming] here in a different uniform. It's because I saw 86 years of agony for the fans here and they were here every day. And that's why they have so much of my respect and so much of my care about them."
Meanwhile, Yankees "fans" took a break from booing their own team when Rodriguez came through with a home run to win Wednesday's game against the Braves. Pathetic.
I'm working in the Prep for Success program, which means I'll be working with little-little ones (Middle Schoolers), many of whom are from foreign countries preparing/hoping to come to school in the US. Amanda, the teacher I'm paired with, is very cool and I think we're going to make a great team. We both share very similar philosophies with regards to children and education.
The electives I'm teaching have finally been settled, I'm teaching two sections of Videography and one section of Introduction to Computers. For Videography, I guess I'm going to use iMovie. I have yet to see the lab, the equipment, or the facilities so I don't really know what I can do to prepare until I do. Intro to Computers should be easy, as I am hoping to make student-centered and teach whatever the kids want to learn (harnessing the mighty power of consensus). I'm not anxious about these anymore after they gave one of the Master teachers who 'wanted to learn Photoshop, anyway' the graphic design class.
God, it is so boring out here. There is *nothing*. I guess I always have forty plus years of Doctor Who to watch. Man, do I miss Boston or really civilization in general. I know when the kids come I wont be bored but it's painful for another few days.
Red Sox
The Red Sox are as of tonight on an 11-game winning streak. Tonight we won our second game against the New York Mets and against ex-Red Sox Pedro Martinez. There was talk for weeks about the reception Pedro would receive. The first game against the Mets on Tuesday the crowd began chanting Pedro's name, and when Pedro emerged from the dugout he received a full standing ovation from the crowd.
To quote Martinez:
"I know the Red Sox fans are fans, true fans. It's not because of facing them [Wednesday night], because I'm [coming] here in a different uniform. It's because I saw 86 years of agony for the fans here and they were here every day. And that's why they have so much of my respect and so much of my care about them."
Meanwhile, Yankees "fans" took a break from booing their own team when Rodriguez came through with a home run to win Wednesday's game against the Braves. Pathetic.