You know it's a bad week when you have to refrain from bursting into tears in front of your (school's) director. We had a staff meeting on Thursday which was supposed to be a half-hour long but turned into about two hours. And by the end of it, I was literally falling asleep in my chair. When we finally finished, I had a new list of stuff to do and stuff to work on, and I still had to plan for the next day. Thank goodness my coteacher took pity on me and walked me (quickly) through everything. It was a very bad day... when I finally got home, I was so tired that all I did was have a bowl of cereal, watch a half-hour of 'Scrubs' and go to bed.
I've been criticized so much this week that it's depressing. Of course, it's all been in the 'constructive criticism' sense, and clearly I need some work as a teacher (hello, it has only been two weeks), but it's starting to get a bit much. Apparently I need to work on my stage presence, posture, and facial expressions. Also, I can't forget to send more info home to the parents, do two evaluations on my kids, keep anecdotals on the students (which I haven't started yet), split them up into small groups more often, plan more rigorous lessons, move through the curriculum faster, do some more assessments, and choose things from a catalogue to order for the classroom.
Oh yeah, and one kid punched another in the face yesterday. I mean, he purposefully drew his fist back and smacked this other kid in the cheekbone. For no good reason.
Is it too late for a career change?
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Sending hugs...it has to get easier with time...I imagine this is hard when you're trying to do it all in German! I'm thinkign of you. godo luck this week!! ~Pamela
dude! punch that little bastard in the face! see how he likes it! what a fucker!
oh, wait, then you'd lose your job . . . well, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing!
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