Monday, August 30, 2004

Patience

Patience is a virtue. If that is the only vitue, I will never be a virtuous woman. Everyone keeps telling me I need to have patience with this certain someone. They are probably right, but patience is not my forte. I want things to happen my way, on my time. It's not happening. I don't understand why this certain person does what is done. I'm not really getting mixed signals. I guess it is what it is. I just want a little more. Maybe not a little, maybe a lot. I do agree with everyone though. I am just having a hard time accepting it. I'm trying to relax and go with the flow, but I seem to be swiming upstream. Perhaps, I should stop swimming and just float. That is the logical thing to do, but being a creature governed by emotion rather than reason, it's really difficult. Well, well, well, he comes the one whose mission in life is to teach me patience....
Now, there's another person that is wearing patience thinner. I know it's not my job to understand why people do the things they do. I am merely to be there after they make big mistakes. That I can handle. Yet, I am tired of the same mistakes with the same person. It never gets better, only worse. As of late, there has been a physical altercation. That hits too close to home, for obvious reasons. I have seen all of this before and I know it's only going to get worse. Either you walk away or someone gets killed. It's black and white, no room for gray. I tried to ignore the fact that this person had "prior engagements," but even that gets a little difficult when there is only one roof. On top of that, money is an issue. You shouldn't have to pay for someone all the time. I don't care if it's a friend, boyfriend, siter, or brother. You definitely shouldn't have to pay if the person makes more money than you. To top it all off, this person has the nerve to be jealous. So, I don't understand why someone would subject themselves to that. I guess we all make dumb mistakes. Lord knows, I have made my share and then some.

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Friday, August 27, 2004

Rambling

My test scores were not that great. I had 10As (2 100s), 17 Bs, 26 Cs, 8Ds, and 24 Fs. Maybe it was too hard. I don't know. I covered all the info and all I asked of them was to recall the information. They didn't have to synthesize or evaluate or comprehend, merely regurrgetate what I told them. In class, if they were having trouble with something, I left it off the test. Yet, they still flunked it. I would have retaught it, but they didn't study. They sat in my face and said they didn't study because they didn't feel like it. What's the point of reteaching if they don't feel like learning. Next time, I guess I will have to water it down, but I have difficulty doing that. My 7th graders did fine. I was prepared to reteach them, but they were fine. We have moved on to the world of pronouns. I'll be a little leniant with the types of pronouns and when to use who and whom because I just mastered that myself.
Today is Friday and the day of the first official football game. I am excited about that. My first period was, too. Did I mention I love my first period? Well, I do. It's such a pleasure to start my day off with them. I look cute today, in my jeans. I am seeing more and more teachers come to work in jeans, but I will only do it on Fridays and not every Friday. Anyway, I am wearing a cute quarter-sleeve pink scoop neck shirt, a pair of jeans, and the cutest pink heels. I'm in a good mood. Hopefully, at three o'clock I won't be posting complaints.
Happy Friday!

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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Killing me

It's only Tuesday and I am ready for Friday. I broke up a fight yesterday. A little boy (the same little boy I nominated for student of the week) was about to murder a little girl. She was asking for it. I almost let him hit her. She kept on charging at him. Anyway, today was test day. I gave all of my classes a test. A nice number of my 8th graders flunked with flying colors. I would reteach it, but I know I covered the material. I may have to reteach nouns to my 7th graders. They cannot seem to get clarity. I will know what I need to do after I consummate grading them. I have one more class to go then I can go home. I am so ready. Maybe I am not cut out for this. I think I am having trouble breaking it down for them, in their terms. I'll post after I finish grading the test.

Posted by Nik :: 8/24/2004 :: 2 Comments:

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

Rough on a pimp

Man, today was so hectic! We have to find ways of incorporating technology into the classroom. One of my friends said she was going to have her students set up a blog. So me being the genius that I am, had mine set up one. It was horrible. 1st,3,and 7th did it with no problems. The rest gave me a splitting headache. I will never do that again. We just wasted space bc they will not do that in my class again. They cannot follow directions, nevermind I was using the smartboard and showing everyone exactly what to do. Then we had a staff meeting that I did not want to go to. It was about special ed. We have to do intervention, but even if they test for special ed, they still have to stay in the classroom. What's the point of testing them and doing all of that paperwork if it won't change anything. Well, Im finished complaining. I will wake up tomorrow and act like none of this ever happened. I love my job. I love my job. I love my......

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Before Latesha gets here...

Let's see, my weekend was ok. I didn't do much of anything. I extended an invitation to my house to one of my friends, but she didn't accept. I was actually glad. She came to see me though, she just didn't spend the night there. Another friend was supposed to come visit, but something came up. Shannon (who works four jobs) was awfully busy this weekend, so I didn't see him at all Saturday or Sunday.
My week is going ok. KH said after the first week you know if this is what you are supposed to be doing. If this is true, I am supposed to be a teacher. I love it. My seventh period is getting better. I gave my first detention yesterday, in that class. There is another little girl in that class and she has to do the teacher spotlight and she chose me. I must say that I am flattered, but I have no idea what she is about to ask me. She should be here briefly. I like my job; I really do. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery and I only hope to be as great as the teachers I have had in the past. I was blessed with beautiful brilliant teachers. I am going to try to combine all of them into one, add a dash of Ash, and be great.

Posted by Nik :: 8/18/2004 :: 1 Comments:

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Friday, August 13, 2004

TGIF

Well, the first week of school is over and I am too elated. It was nice. I was just about to do my lesson plans when my principal came in and told me not to worry about them. Lucky me! Today was pretty good. My 7th period made me want to kill them yesterday. Today I gave them work on top of work. I'm suprised they didn't start talking. My other classes are pretty good. I have an advanced class first period and I know I am not supposed to play favorites, but I love that class. The odd thing is there are more blacks than whites in it. That was shocking. Even the little black boys are on point. It's beautiful. Oh, before I forget...why did I have a little boy come to my 4th period class with gold teeth? WTH? Hello, you are in the 8th grade. What possessed you to do this, where did you get the money to do this, and what did your parents have to say about this. The girls were all over him at lunch. I wanted to scream. I didn't say anything though because it's not my business and I shouldn't pre-judge people. I just don't understand.
I talked to LC and JB last night for a nice little minute. JB is mad at me. She was supposed to be coming to spend the weekend with me, but I don't know if that's still the plan. We will see. She's mad with reason, but I did what I thought was best. Not neccessarily right, but best. I talked to Mr. Interesting last night. He's in Texas. I also talked to Shannon until about 5 am like I didn't have to be at work at 730.
Well, that's about it. I am about to go home and enjoy my Friday. Have fun, be safe, enjoy being blessed.

Posted by Nik :: 8/13/2004 :: 4 Comments:

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Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Shannon

I wanted to post about Shannon Friday, but I didn't know where it was leading. Shannon is the best. He's a graduate of Ole Miss and the computer tech for my district. He's such a dork. (For some reason I like that kind) Anyway, I keep managing to find things wrong with my computer. I'm not doing it on purpose either. He manages to find himself in my classroom everyday. When he doesn't come, he sends me an e-mail telling me why. The other day, he stopped by my house bc he was in the neighborhood. I got a haircut yesterday that I absolute hate. It looks better today than it did last night though. Anyway, he called as I was driving home and I told him about it. He showed up on my doorstep with pizza, coke, a dvd, and a card. That was sweet. KH came to the conclusion Saturday that he was pycho. I just think he's a sweetie, a nice little country boy. I love the way he talks. It is so funny. So we ate our food and watched the movie. He bought a pork sausage pizza. I only ate one slice for two reasons....i don't like pork sausage and I cooked hamburger helper. I don't like coke either so I drank some cranberry juice. It was a nice jesture though. So, for now I am interested in Shannon, but we all know how that goes!

Posted by Nik :: 8/11/2004 :: 2 Comments:

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--------------------------------------- The First Day

As of today, I am officially a teacher. I enjoyed my very first day. My students were very obedient and respectful. My friend was telling me her first day was horrible. I am blessed to say I did not have that same experience. My students were great. We went over the handbook, a few other papers of minimal significance. It was only half of a day; maybe that's why I didn't have any problems. I took my friends' advice on what to do and what not to do on the first day. I couldn't help but smile even though everyone told me not to smile for at least 3 weeks. They were sweet. I had my stress balls on the desk. When they asked me why I had those balls, I told them bc I am crazy and it helps me calm down! I was cute today too. I wore this gray and blue skirt with a white and blue top (it mathces I promise) and my black heels that I had to take off after about an hour. I haven't walked in heels like that since gradaution. Their writing prompt for today was, "If I could change one thing I would change..." I was impressed. A little black boy said he would change the president, a white girl would ban abortion, and a black girl would have gotten her grandfather to the hospital before he died. Her peice was the best. She was very articulate and I could feel the pain while reading it. She understood that everyone has to die and she didn't want to save him. She merely wanted a chance to say goodbye. She didn't have any grammatical errors and she used complex sentences quite well. She did an excellent job. I think this year will pan out quite well. I will keep everyone abreast as the year unfolds!

Posted by Nik :: 8/11/2004 :: 4 Comments:

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