Friday, April 28, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Teaching Rounds
Well Round one is over and done.
The three weeks went really quick. First two days I just watched, then on day three I jumped into the deep end. It was alot of fun and great practice. I think I would be more relaxed if there was no other teacher in the room, because every time I explained something I wondered what the teacher who was in the room thought. 'Did I explain that well enough?' 'Was my language appropriate?' All that stuff, but if she left the room for any reason, I was relaxed and at ease and didn't second guess myself.
The Good.
The uni sent some guy I'd never meet to come and view my performance and he was very impressed. He said this was his 14th visit this round or something like that and that no-one had done so 'amazingly' in their first round and that if he didn't know my name and that I was the student teacher, he would have thought I was the REAL teacher based on what he saw in my classroom. The other girl from my uni who did her round there, didn't get as good a rap sheet from this guy, but you'll see that doesn't always matter.
The Bad.
Getting told by a year 8 that he was going to smash me and he was going to kill me. There was also a day where another year 8 kid said fu** off you Fu**ing c**t! There were other various incidences of young and childish behaviour. Didn't really bother me that much, didn't scare me at all either, just wanted to punch the little shits but well, you're not allowed to do that! I probably would have gotten away with it at that school though!
The UGLY!
I got my supervising teacher some nice gifts because I thought that it was the right thing to do. She was really really nice for the whole of the three weeks, but then when I gave her the presents, she didn't open them in front of me or at all she just said thanks and put them in her bag.... very rude in my book. Then the really ugly part....... she tells me the whole time how well I'm doing and how I'm going to breeze this assessment in and blah blah blah blowing smoke up my arse for three weeks, then, she gives me my mark and comments that she is going to post off to uni for about one minute to look over while she packs her bag and then goes 'ok well I'm off to adelaide for easter.' And I'm like 'okay nice to know ya see ya later.' And the mark was not what I was expecting or what I deserved. I am going to make a damn fine teacher and I know that cause I've had teachers tell me that and the uni marker told me that!
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Some fun tests to pass the day!
http://community.sparknotes.com/sparktests/index.epl
I'm 44% wench according to the tests!!! Who would have known.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
In a slightly better mood today, slightly!
Ok. well to explain my last post.... someone screwed me (not in that sense, get out of the gutter), on a mark. I did super well if I can blow my own trumpet for a minute here. Really really well in fact, so much so that the University marker told me he had never seen a first rounder do that amazing, so well that he would have thought I was the real teacher had he not known I was a first rounder. But not everyone thought like he did...... People might tell you they think you're doing great and will pass your assessment with flying colours, but that they say and do are two very different things.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Everyone can go get *&^%$#!!!
I'm in a bad mood today and I thought I would be nice and share it with everyone. I'm hungry, tired, grumpy and have a messy house, so everyone can go get ^%$#@!.
I absolutely hate it when you put your heart and soul into something, and give some much of yourself for someone or something, and you get shit on. After all that work, they turn around and go "MMMM, don't think it's that good!" How bout telling me all this while I was bothering to bust my arse! NO that would be the right thing to do, so they don't. That's fine, it is really ok, because I believe in Karma and fate and I know she's going to choke on her chocolates whilst drinking her wine, so I'm a little happier now!