Hell on wheels express
Just came home from work. Work=hell on wheels. I was so pumped because I had finally gotten my list of students as I had explained to u guys in a previous post. We were gonna begin implementing the required literacy curriculum and start reading some cool books with the kids. I prepared all last night on my b-day, getting more and more exciting as I thought about how much fun me and my class would have interacting with the text. I go in today, and my site manager pulls me away from my kids and tells me to watch a 2nd grade class. I made it my goal to make my facial expression of disappointment show so that she would see exactly how I felt about it. Apparently, today, there were going to be visitors coming to the school to observe the program, and she wanted everything to flow. I think she just wanted to make herself look good and to give off the impression that the program was going smoothly. That=a buttload of crock!
After I stayed with the 2nd grade class, I thought I would be able to return to my fifth grade class, but she told me to stay with another teacher and his students for the remainder of the day. I was pissed at that point. SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S SHE'S DOING!!!! I WANT TO YELL AT HER SOOOOO BADLY! I guessed she sensed my disappointment and asked me what I wanted to do in the future. I told her that I was planning on starting the lesson with my class and start the curriculum today. I made sure I told her that I had spent all night preparing for it. She told me she was gonna try to get me some fifth graders because a lot of them have dropped out or their parents have failed to return the necessary slips to get them into the program. But I'm thinking, I already have my kids, you gave them to me! The teacher I stayed with today was funny though, and he kept me from wanting to pass out. He had the heaviest Dominican accent in the world, and he was so joyful. Thank God for that.
At this point, I dont care anymore. I mean, I care for the kids, and I am not going to make them suffer just because my site manager is as competent as driftwood. I am still gonna help the kids (whatever kids she assigns to me on any given day) and do what I need to. The rest is history. Helping the kids and signing my timesheets are all it's coming down to at this point. I only have ten more days of work until the fall cycle of the program ends. I know I'll have the last laugh because I cant wait to see her expression when I tell her that I aint coming back.
I am going to binge tonight on chocolate and I am going to love it.