Reflections on Teaching

Sadly this week, I had to say goodbye to the AmeriCorp tutors who have been working for the last 2 months at my school. They were the most fantastic group of workers, and I will miss all of them (especially the one working in my lab) a lot.

Friday January 25, 2008 in a sentence

via Miz Mercer’s Microblog on 1/25/08

The rain continues, but the temp has gone up (I thought it was going to snow yesterday, I swear it was 40 degrees and raining).

Thursday 1/24/2008 in a sentence

via Miz Mercer’s Microblog on 1/24/08

“Asleep” from Taz’s photostream on Flickr

It wasn’t a day, it was a marathon: Full load of 6 classes + 30 minutes of ELD, after-school tutoring program, then I held a 2 hour training on discovery streaming+PowerPoint (which occured simulatenously with a school potluck that I was helping show a video at). I’m tired!

Wednesday 1/23/2008 in a sentence

via Miz Mercer’s Microblog on 1/23/08

Well, the kids were not happy after two days with no outdoor time (due to rain); still some very difficult classes did well, and those that didn’t, got to work on how behavior.

Tuesday 1/22/2008 in a sentence

via Miz Mercer’s Microblog on 1/22/08

The rainy season is here (rain predicted all week long), but most classes went smoothly (included some typically rough ones), and I felt on top of my game.