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Re: oh i am so weak and wimpy.....
Posted by try a whistle...nfm on 9/01/08
On 8/30/08, 1st Yr Teacher in W Texas wrote:
> On 8/29/08, sherill wrote:
>> Finishing up the first week.... not nearly as well as I
>> had hoped. I teach computer and I've got all my computers
>> taken in most of my classes. This last 8th grade class of
>> the day is probably the worst possible combination of kids
>> to all have in one room together. Critical mass.
>>
>> Unfortunately, my plans for the week just weren't enough.
>> It's hard to teach a computer class when we can't use the
>> computers. oh yes. You read that right. The IT guy showed
>> up today wondering if the class rosters were set.
>> (Whatever that has to do with anything, I don't know.)
>> Don't even get me started on the IT situation here.....
>>
>> So, I've already lost my voice. It's from a culmination of
>> our pathetic IT situation, extreme fatigue, stress over
>> what I needed to do but couldn't do because of the IT
>> situation, and probably a little allergies thrown in for
>> grins. Worst part though, is I have MS, which means my
>> recovery time takes much longer than an ordinary case of
>> the "crud" (that's what we call it in Texas).
>>
>> The kids today seemed to understand my predicament and
>> were pretty compliant with my plans. Then came the 8th
>> graders. By the end of the day, I'm just tolerating.
>> They're gone now.
>>
>> I guess my question is, how do I handle the setting of the
>> boundaries, my expectations, managing my class if I can
>> barely speak? We've worked on the hand raising for silence
>> (my middle school boys like to pretend it's a nazi thing).
>> Not everybody responds. I would just say (for those who
>> were listening) that I was only going to say whatever it
>> was one time.
>>
>> Next week we'll be able to get on the computers - but only
>> after the CUAs have been turned, which the IT guy hasn't
>> passed out yet.... I know it'll be better! It's a new
>> week, a new day, right?
>>
>> sherill
> I know how you feel! I am a first year 8th grade History
> Teacher in an economically challenged ISD in West Texas. My
> kids were taught as 7th graders about the hand raising to
> get the attention of the class (and it does work). I too
> struggle with ancy behavior if they don't have enough to
> work on. My last class of the day is a handful too (only
> 13, but also right after lunch) I have certainly learned a
> lot in the first week and I know that I will get better. My
> kids are for the most part a pleasure to work with, but they
> are struggling with our new curriculum. Hope all goes well
> for you. Glad that I chose to become an educator.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- oh i am so weak and wimpy....., 8/29/08, by sherill.
- Re: oh i am so weak and wimpy....., 8/29/08, by CTJS.
- Re: oh i am so weak and wimpy....., 8/29/08, by Miss D in Cali.
- Re: oh i am so weak and wimpy....., 8/30/08, by 1st Yr Teacher in W Texas.
- Re: oh i am so weak and wimpy....., 9/01/08, by try a whistle...nfm.
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