homestretch
yesterday was the students' last day of reular classes. had my juniors for the last period, which i thought would be difficult to handle. i asked one student to lead the prayer and he ended up giving an evaluation of all the "difficult tests [they] had to take, hard stories [they] had to interpret - special mention 'A Rose for Emily'!" But he did say nice things - like my "patience with [their] bitchiness" - to which i said aloud "Amen!" to bursts of laughter!
they clamored for a good-bye speech, which i delivered spontaneously. then we all settled for the final round of oral defenses. afterwards, they asked for another speech, and i said about two sentences before calling for a photo op! hilarious! i will miss my students....
but it was a welcome relief to go home and NOT be thinking of lessons to teach for the next day.... this morning, i actually woke up to my scrrreeeccchhing alarm clock and for a few seconds, cursed myself for forgetting to switch the alarm off! I thought it was a saturday!!!!
they clamored for a good-bye speech, which i delivered spontaneously. then we all settled for the final round of oral defenses. afterwards, they asked for another speech, and i said about two sentences before calling for a photo op! hilarious! i will miss my students....
but it was a welcome relief to go home and NOT be thinking of lessons to teach for the next day.... this morning, i actually woke up to my scrrreeeccchhing alarm clock and for a few seconds, cursed myself for forgetting to switch the alarm off! I thought it was a saturday!!!!