nothing of imporatnce...
My life is taking a different course all over again. this time it is crazy and all i can do is hang on tight! i was thinking about how much i miss being a college student when my only purpose in life is to write one lesson plan every three weeks, make posters, bullitian boards, and write reflections are articles that i "read". I get to stay up until midnight or later and i don;t have to report to class if i really really don't want to.
But now, i have to write lesson plans all the time, every night, be at school every day from 8-4 and i have no way of opting out. Strange how growing up seems to take on differnt faces. Well.. this is what i choose... so this is how it is going:
School is going good, i have 16 students, 25% are learning disabled and have IEPs (individualized education plans) and rarely are all my studnets in my classroom at one time. i am working at a school dictated by the rules of No Child Left Behind and anyone who knows me knows how i feel about that. I am frustareated by those rules and see little room to move. Why is it that we have so much emphisis on reading and math, but little emphis on science or socials. I am nervous for what our next generation will amoutn to. We will have people, but trends show that they have less respect for each other and i firmly belive that people are going to be getting stupider if they keep having to be taught to the test. I feel like my hands are tied. i think i need new intrests, education is going to drive me crazy.
At one point this week there were 6 adults in my classroom of 16 studnets. that is almost a 3-1 ratio. What in the world! i think we should set up a coffee bar in the abck of the classroom for all of the adults. I use tothink my teacher was talking loudly to talk over the studetns, but i realized the other day she has to talk loudly to talk over all the adults in the classroom. This will be a challge for me. I am done talking about education
last night i got to catch up with some friends and that was amazing! i had pizza and went to a movie: called Prestige. It was good, creepy, but good. i would almost put it in physcological thriller, but then again maybe not, it was serious, scary, sad, and a whole range of emotions. go see it and let me know what you think. Ok, back to lesson plans i go!:)
But now, i have to write lesson plans all the time, every night, be at school every day from 8-4 and i have no way of opting out. Strange how growing up seems to take on differnt faces. Well.. this is what i choose... so this is how it is going:
School is going good, i have 16 students, 25% are learning disabled and have IEPs (individualized education plans) and rarely are all my studnets in my classroom at one time. i am working at a school dictated by the rules of No Child Left Behind and anyone who knows me knows how i feel about that. I am frustareated by those rules and see little room to move. Why is it that we have so much emphisis on reading and math, but little emphis on science or socials. I am nervous for what our next generation will amoutn to. We will have people, but trends show that they have less respect for each other and i firmly belive that people are going to be getting stupider if they keep having to be taught to the test. I feel like my hands are tied. i think i need new intrests, education is going to drive me crazy.
At one point this week there were 6 adults in my classroom of 16 studnets. that is almost a 3-1 ratio. What in the world! i think we should set up a coffee bar in the abck of the classroom for all of the adults. I use tothink my teacher was talking loudly to talk over the studetns, but i realized the other day she has to talk loudly to talk over all the adults in the classroom. This will be a challge for me. I am done talking about education
last night i got to catch up with some friends and that was amazing! i had pizza and went to a movie: called Prestige. It was good, creepy, but good. i would almost put it in physcological thriller, but then again maybe not, it was serious, scary, sad, and a whole range of emotions. go see it and let me know what you think. Ok, back to lesson plans i go!:)
posted by Rachel:) @ 11:29 AM
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