4th Partial is HERE.
I had a momentary lapse of memory and forgot I had a blog. But then I realized suddenly I had not updated it in a while. SOOOOO... here's what's going on in my life.
I only have 1 partial (quarter) left in my first year of teaching! CRAZY! I'm still alive!
School seems to be going well overall. I still have discouraging moments with my students where I get frustrated. The past few days have been difficult. I've heard myself being impatient or getting frustrated when I didn't need to. I've been trying to reevaluate and look at who I want to be as a teacher, because being frustrated and impatient is not who I want to be. I've started a new behavior management plan that has forced me to look for the positive things that my students are doing and being more consistent with enforcing expectations. They still make me laugh, I just have to take the opportunities to find those moments. Here are a few things that have been written recently,
Who is the swiftest person you know and how do you know?
miss yoder is the swiftest person I know because she love the childrens
"I smelled that at the first movement!" (excerpt from a story)
Miss, when are you going to see Joseph?
Me: Who is joseph?
Student: Oh miss don't be silly, you know who Joseph is.
ME: What?!
Student: Your boyfriend.
Me: I don't have a boy friend.
Student: Really? Then how come the word hot is on the board?
Me: We're studying climates.
Student: Nooooooo, you're talking about Joseph!
Me: ok... well moving on to science class.
Student: Miss, can you tell us a story?
Me: Sure, but not right now in the middle of class.
Student: Aw... that's what I was hoping.
(not even subtle)
The past 2ish months I've been here have flown by... I can hardly believe it. Compared to my first 2 months here, it just seems to go so much faster! I've really started to look forward to next year. I am excited to know what's going on, to already have had the opportunity to teach everything once. However, on the other hand I also really want to finish the end of the year strong.
I've also been trying to jump ahead, but yet look at what I think God wants of me. I've been thinking about whether or not I will be here for two years, or if I will stay for longer... (Don't freak out friends and family) I have no idea what the end of next year will bring. But I do see a need for more teachers to stay, to establish community, to give consistency to the kids, to have teachers with more experience. Although I like it here, I think of this and kind of freak out a little. Asking, "God, I gave you two years of my life. Isn't that enough? Do you really want something more of me?" And you know, I don't know if he does or not... but I want to be open to it. I don't want to stay. But here's the thing, I know that God will do as he pleases and I will follow him. I will trust him.
It seemed a little silly to me, but I've had the song "Trust and Obey" come into my head lately...
"TRust and Obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus..."
I think it's easy for me to look at just one part of this song, and not the other. Ok God I'll trust you and forget that If we love him we'll also obey. God, I'll obey you but I won't trust that you actually know what you're doing at all. So in these cases, are we really doing either thing?
other random thoughts:
I also think *maybe* some of my spanish is getting better. Well, maybe not my grammar, but tutor says I'm becoming more fluid in my speaking. Although my students still make fun of me. Oh well they are 11.
Hot season has arrived. I think in just the past few days. I've felt really warm and stuffy. Thankfully having a large cool house with cement floors and wind whipping through it has it's advantages. I have yet to buy a fan and still sleep with all my covers and I'm not hot at all. We'll see if I can last the whole year.
Prayer Requests:
- For recruiting as they look for teachers for next year
- For my students as we get closer to the end of the year they will apparently get more and more unfocused
-For patience with myself and with my students and joy amidst hard parts of the school year
-For safety for the teachers
I only have 1 partial (quarter) left in my first year of teaching! CRAZY! I'm still alive!
School seems to be going well overall. I still have discouraging moments with my students where I get frustrated. The past few days have been difficult. I've heard myself being impatient or getting frustrated when I didn't need to. I've been trying to reevaluate and look at who I want to be as a teacher, because being frustrated and impatient is not who I want to be. I've started a new behavior management plan that has forced me to look for the positive things that my students are doing and being more consistent with enforcing expectations. They still make me laugh, I just have to take the opportunities to find those moments. Here are a few things that have been written recently,
Who is the swiftest person you know and how do you know?
miss yoder is the swiftest person I know because she love the childrens
"I smelled that at the first movement!" (excerpt from a story)
Miss, when are you going to see Joseph?
Me: Who is joseph?
Student: Oh miss don't be silly, you know who Joseph is.
ME: What?!
Student: Your boyfriend.
Me: I don't have a boy friend.
Student: Really? Then how come the word hot is on the board?
Me: We're studying climates.
Student: Nooooooo, you're talking about Joseph!
Me: ok... well moving on to science class.
Student: Miss, can you tell us a story?
Me: Sure, but not right now in the middle of class.
Student: Aw... that's what I was hoping.
(not even subtle)
The past 2ish months I've been here have flown by... I can hardly believe it. Compared to my first 2 months here, it just seems to go so much faster! I've really started to look forward to next year. I am excited to know what's going on, to already have had the opportunity to teach everything once. However, on the other hand I also really want to finish the end of the year strong.
I've also been trying to jump ahead, but yet look at what I think God wants of me. I've been thinking about whether or not I will be here for two years, or if I will stay for longer... (Don't freak out friends and family) I have no idea what the end of next year will bring. But I do see a need for more teachers to stay, to establish community, to give consistency to the kids, to have teachers with more experience. Although I like it here, I think of this and kind of freak out a little. Asking, "God, I gave you two years of my life. Isn't that enough? Do you really want something more of me?" And you know, I don't know if he does or not... but I want to be open to it. I don't want to stay. But here's the thing, I know that God will do as he pleases and I will follow him. I will trust him.
It seemed a little silly to me, but I've had the song "Trust and Obey" come into my head lately...
"TRust and Obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus..."
I think it's easy for me to look at just one part of this song, and not the other. Ok God I'll trust you and forget that If we love him we'll also obey. God, I'll obey you but I won't trust that you actually know what you're doing at all. So in these cases, are we really doing either thing?
other random thoughts:
I also think *maybe* some of my spanish is getting better. Well, maybe not my grammar, but tutor says I'm becoming more fluid in my speaking. Although my students still make fun of me. Oh well they are 11.
Hot season has arrived. I think in just the past few days. I've felt really warm and stuffy. Thankfully having a large cool house with cement floors and wind whipping through it has it's advantages. I have yet to buy a fan and still sleep with all my covers and I'm not hot at all. We'll see if I can last the whole year.
Prayer Requests:
- For recruiting as they look for teachers for next year
- For my students as we get closer to the end of the year they will apparently get more and more unfocused
-For patience with myself and with my students and joy amidst hard parts of the school year
-For safety for the teachers
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