exhausted
sometimes i can't believe how exhausting teaching is. just totally, utterly exhausting. one of my students came in after school to re-take a quiz today and i was helping her study and i couldn't even think of a story or character to use to place the ideas in context. she said "ms. bogie, you look like you're tired. you must do a lot of work." (i wish i could put in a recording of her voice right here--typed words on a page don't do her justice!)
i never did think up a good story to talk about so we went with the movie "friday" and used that to talk about plot structure. i think she is getting it a little bit--she retook the quiz after about an hour of work and it did bring her grade up, which was her main concern in the first place.
i was so exhausted after school, i was really just counting the minutes until 6th period ended. for some reason, at the end of the day a bunch of kids from my strategic class showed up and were making tons of noise outside my classroom. as far as i can tell, kids are a little bit hyped up this week. it makes for hectic classes. i just wanted 15 minutes of peace and quiet and kids not falling over themselves into my classroom and yelling at each other and playfighting. i asked them to take it down a notch--but they didn't. oh well. my student finally retook her quiz and by the time she left and my colleague came in the room to get a ride, i realized i had to pee so bad and i was sooo hungry i couldn't even deal with getting my room cleaned up. the student who came in is so easily distractable that i can't do anything else while i'm working with her--often i can multi-task, just cleaning up papers or something like that. but, i can't do that at all with her.
so i'm exhausted, and i have to plan for tommorow and read 30 essays that belong to 7th graders. my man is at school giving out report cards to parents, so he will be home late. i'm going to get us takeout sushi just for a treat tonight, and hopefully get some work done in a cafe near our sushi place before that.
well, just an update. i am going to be working my butt off over thanksgiving. oh well....at least i don't have to plan and teach the whole week. soon soon.
i never did think up a good story to talk about so we went with the movie "friday" and used that to talk about plot structure. i think she is getting it a little bit--she retook the quiz after about an hour of work and it did bring her grade up, which was her main concern in the first place.
i was so exhausted after school, i was really just counting the minutes until 6th period ended. for some reason, at the end of the day a bunch of kids from my strategic class showed up and were making tons of noise outside my classroom. as far as i can tell, kids are a little bit hyped up this week. it makes for hectic classes. i just wanted 15 minutes of peace and quiet and kids not falling over themselves into my classroom and yelling at each other and playfighting. i asked them to take it down a notch--but they didn't. oh well. my student finally retook her quiz and by the time she left and my colleague came in the room to get a ride, i realized i had to pee so bad and i was sooo hungry i couldn't even deal with getting my room cleaned up. the student who came in is so easily distractable that i can't do anything else while i'm working with her--often i can multi-task, just cleaning up papers or something like that. but, i can't do that at all with her.
so i'm exhausted, and i have to plan for tommorow and read 30 essays that belong to 7th graders. my man is at school giving out report cards to parents, so he will be home late. i'm going to get us takeout sushi just for a treat tonight, and hopefully get some work done in a cafe near our sushi place before that.
well, just an update. i am going to be working my butt off over thanksgiving. oh well....at least i don't have to plan and teach the whole week. soon soon.
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