Hello Everybody!
I have been super busy since I spoke to you all. First things first, I got a job. On campus. In the school cafeteria. It’s definitely not my dream job, but as a college student and future teacher, I need the money. I’m supposed to receive a phone call sometime next week about when I go in for training and such and once that starts, I’m sure my stress level will go up about ten notches because I’ll be dealing with nasty food and nasty freshman. Wonderful. But no, I’m super excited about it and as long as I’ll be working with cool people, I’ll be a-okay.
My lit class this week was interesting as we talked about implied readers and what we look for in a text. It may sound boring, but it completely changed how I look at books. There are so many specifics teachers have to look into before assigning the class reading. Totally mind blowing.
My geography class is proving to be the biggest disappointment in my life. I love science. I decided that if I were to be a high school teacher, I’d be a science teacher. Because it’s that cool! But yes. My professor has so many opportunities to make this subject interesting, but she’s choosing lifeless lectures and repeating concepts until we can’t breathe. It’s only week two.
My art class is going alright. Since it’s a gen ed., I understand why the main focus is informational content. I’ll just be happy once the projects start. I did my first “sketch” and I enjoyed that. I’ve been having the urge to color ever since. My two art buddies, Cynthia and Dominic are pretty cool. They’re both so funny that we’ve gotten “shushed” by the professor a few times. Whoops.
Music for Educators is proving to be an interesting class. The homework hasn’t been too heavy yet, but I’m afraid she’s really going to pile it on us in a few weeks. On Tuesday, a table she was moving around collapsed and she said to us with the snottiest voice “Uh…can somebody help me? Usually when something happens, people help.” There just could’ve been a better way to ask for help than snapping at us. We played with finger paint and made collages of images that describe us. Like I said, it’s interesting. We’ll see how next week goes.
My child development class is going well. Nothing exciting ever happens in that class so I’ll spare you the details. My tech class is going great too. I have lots of homework that I’ll be doing this weekend, but it’s good. I enjoy that class a lot, despite the two hour length.
This week I officially joined two organizations: Tomorrow’s Educators and Early Years Enthusiasts. It’ll be nice being involved this year. I also have started taking yoga classes two days a week and I absolutely love it. It’s making me stronger and I love it. I would kiss yoga if I could. I’ve also been hanging out with Sierra a bit more. RF has this meal called “Late Night” where they serve quesadillas and burritos between 9 and 11pm so we’ve been doing that more often than we should be, but it’s all in good fun. All in all, I’m trying to keep myself busy.
This weekend I’m planning on doing homework, watch a few movies, and play some ukulele. You have no idea how much I’m looking forward to this. I hope you all had a fantastic week and have a wonderful weekend.
Cheers.