I got my grade back on my secondary education classroom management and instructional methods midterm. 85. I'm so bummed. And some of those questions were so stinking ambiguous and any of the answers could have been the right one. "In those cases, you choose the MOST correct answer." Balzac. I'm so flippin' ready for somebody to hand me a piece of ( Read more... )

I have surfaced just long enough from between the covers of textbooks to say "greetings" and let you know I'm not dead yet. I came close last week-- two horrific midterm exams in one day will do that to you-- but I managed to survive and I have somewhat recovered. Thank heaven for coffee and chocolate ( Read more... )

i am exhausted. i have been in lab and working and attending class while experiencing a great case of lung crud and a slightly sore body. i think i'm going to get some serious cough medicine and stay drugged up the rest of the day. maybe i'll feel better by monday...

I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted! Wow!

Oh well, it's not like anything exciting has happened since August 29th. Studying. Tutoring. Suppressing feelings of patricide. Craving chocolate and alcohol.

I'm getting anxious about this whole student-teaching thing. I really want to be in that classroom and with those students, even ( Read more... )

One week from today, I will return to highschool. In-service days are interesting, so I hear-- we'll get our room ready, we'll gather together textbooks, go over class rolls, discuss what's being taught when, and I'll try to learn my way around this enormous building. Should be fun... I'm a little nervous about this whole student-teaching gig. What ( Read more... )

1. Car repairs take three times longer and cost twice as much as you thought they would.

2. Kids learn things pretty quickly-- but only the things you don't really want them to learn.

3. There's generally more month than money.

4. I shouldn't drink anything with caffeine after 8 pm if I want to sleep at night.

5. Speaking of sleep-- it is way ( Read more... )

Since aya1081 asked, here are five things I enjoy doing when I'm alone:

1. Reading all kinds of books

2. Sleeping

3. Watching baseball or football

4. Playing with the cat

5. Playing computer games

I feel like such a loser. And Aya, I haven't finished my summer reading list either. I'm in the middle of Monte Cristo and I've also started Dracula and I have ( Read more... )

Not much happening this week. On a positive note, a much-needed bonus from my tutoring job arrived. I also found out which books I need for Fall Semester 2005-- there are a couple it will be cheaper for me to purchase used from the university bookstore; this is due to the fact that used copies of the most recent editions (always good to have when ( Read more... )

The titles in red (from this previously posted list) are the ones I have finished:

1. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

2. Lord of the Flies by William Golding

3. Mythology by Edith Hamilton

4. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (currently reading)

5. Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol

6. Utopia by Thomas ( Read more... )

Thanks to onehappymama for the idea:


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