| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in which I can guilt students with the best of them Sunday morning, woke up without an alarm, drinking hot black coffee and despite the ever-expanding to-do list (groceries, school, etc), I feel generally relaxed. It helps there are only three weeks of school left and other than one marathon spate of paper-grading, most of the work is on them now. Hee, that's the good part of teaching, I think. Kidding. Actually, I had one-on-one conferences with them last week and I wish I'd done that sooner (note to self, re: future semesters). It was really good getting some individual time in and, yes, that includes with the Problem Student. I started off by bringing up his reading journal and told him that a) I wasn't offended and b) I got why he was frustrated and c) what suggestions would he make for future classes? I was pretty direct but hopefully not confrontational and he seemed more than a little surprised but by the end of our little chat he was actually apologizing to me for the way the class is so hard to draw out (Mrs. R used to beg us - she'd make us feel guilty." Oh HELL, is that ALL? I can guilt with the best of them. Done) and saying how he liked this part of the class and how I was really good at getting students to tap into their own voices and so on and so forth. Sigh. I really do actually like all of these kids - some of them are shy and are reluctant to make eye contact with the weird teacher lady but during that one-on-one even those came to life a bit - one girl very excitedly told me her idea for her final proposal paper - focusing on this mega drama in the Korean pop world (proposal: kick the offending members out of the controversial band in question) and I love that idea because I think she'll really be able to dig into it with some enthusiasm. Plus, I'll get to learn more about Korean pop music. Sunday morning: Need more coffee. Need more time. Generally, though, feeling OK about everything. 9:41 am - 27.04.08
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time, time see what's become of me - 08.05.08 - 2:00 pm i will not fall, i will not fall - 06.05.08 - 7:40 pm i've got to find some love, love - 05.05.08 - 10:32 am no harm, no foul, no chance of striking one out of the ballpark? - 01.05.08 - 9:41 pm whatever the weather - 29.04.08 - 8:48 am |
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