I promised myself that I would post today (and more frequently) but I am just so. darn. exhausted. that I don't know how much this will make sense. Or if I will spell words correctly. Bare (bear?) with me please.
Why am I exhausted? Why thank you for asking! I will tell you:
Reason #1. It was the first day of school. My body is not used to standing and moving and having my brain work nonstop from about 7:15 am to 4:30. My feet kill even though I changed out of my completely adorable peep toe pumps into my super ugly "teacher flats" within 1 hour.
Reason #2. I am overloaded. I am teaching 3 different classes: AP Statistics, Honors Geometry, and Geometry. This means 3 lesson plans each day, 15 per week. Also, I volunteered to do this so can't really complain. I DON'T CARE. I AM HAVING A PITY PARTY. SHUT UP.
Reason #3. I have two other non-teacher duties: the coordinator of our AP grant and mentor teacher of the math department. I actually will not at all complain about either of those things because I really want to and like doing them. But they are another reason for exhaustion when I also have 3 preps.
Gah. I give up for today. I'm too tired and I need to watch the newest episode Mad Men, which just finished downloading.
I will write about actual teaching/students tomorrow (maybe).
Funniest thing said today:
Me: So, I've color coded everything about this class. Your folders are green, your objectives and topics are written in green on the whiteboard, the agenda for this class is written under the green geometry sign, when you leave class you return your green folders in the green crate, and of course, anything written in green on the calendar pertains to you. Oh, also, turn in work under the green Geometry sign.
Student: Dang miss. I can't even imagine what your house looks like.
This is mostly funny because my house is a MESS. A gigantic tornado of papers/clothes I try on and then don't wear. Also, within about 2 days these students will realize that I'm not actually organized (when I can't find their classwork... or my keys... or my pen which I just had... or my phone..or my brain). Fake it til you make it.
I'm sorry this doesn't make sense. Sleepy time now.
4 comments:
Welcome back to your new school year Ms. Twine!
Ha! My house is also a mess but at school, I'm all about the color-coded folders, Outlook, everything color-coded! Good luck this week!
Welcome back!
I also am more organized in my classroom than at home.
I'm curious -- how different are the plans for teaching geometry compared to honors geometry? I'm not doubting you; rather, there's a possibility I might be teaching Algebra 2 with Trigonometry and Algebra 2 (without Trigonometry) next semester, and I'm interested to know how manageable that will be!
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