I'm a Survivor!

I have officially survived my first of many, many many parent teacher conferences!! I am beyond exhaustion but I did it!

Over all, I am extremely happy at the turn out and some of the reactions I got not only from my students parents but also from my students. I was so excited when one of my students that I have struggled with came in on his own and told me what he thought he needed to do in order to pass and do better. I am excited to see how things progress throughout the rest of the term and year- Even more exciting, I get to sleep in tomorrow! I can't even express how excited I am!

Going Private...

Hey everyone!!!

I am going to be securing my bog so PLEASE add your email address to my comments so I make sure I add you to my invite list. Thanks!!! !

My Acting Debut

Friday the movie Forever Strong will finally be in theatres.... It is the story of the Highland High School rugby team.

Talented but troubled high school rugby player Rick Penning (Sean Faris) loses his position as the star of an Arizona rugby union team when he is sentenced to a boys' home in Salt Lake City.^[1] Rick ends up playing for Salt Lake's famous Highland High School rugby team, coached by Larry Gelwix (Gary Cole), in the national championships - against his old team, which is coached by his father, Neal Penning (Neal McDonough). Emily (Arielle Kebbel) is Rick's love interest, and Marcus (Sean Astin) is his social worker.

Last year when they were filming here in good old SLC my friend told me they needed some people to be extras... so we all volunteered. It was a long fun hot summer day spent out in Grantsville. So, I'm excited to see it and catch my acting debut... but don't worry, I don't plan on quitting my day job just yet!

Is it sad???

Is it sad that I find so much joy in giving certain students bad grades?! By bad grades I mean their citizenship grades. Yet I find the same satisfaction in giving certain students good grades and find myself wanting to up their grade a bit just because of the effort they put into it.



I found these cartoons online today and just had to laugh.

Life with 1 prep (instead of 2)

Today I started teaching my extra Geography class. It went pretty well other than the fact that I feel so out of place in the random classroom I get to teach in, I have no supplies in that random classroom- not even books, I get to put books on a cart and roll them from my room to the other which really sucks! It was nice however having a class of less than 25 students! I'm sure of course that my class will grow but I will enjoy it while it lasts! Now I get to just wait and see who they switch out of my other class...

Week 3, Moving and Man I am Nuts!

I have survived three weeks as a teacher... just barely. All my classes are going great with the exception of 1.. but that will be changing soon! My school is packed with students and to compensate they have had to add a few classes to the schedule which also means they have had to find teachers to teach these extra classes... and you guessed it, I am one of them. I am giving up one of my prep periods to teach another geography class. It isn't quite as bad as it may seem since I am already teaching geography so I don't have an extra prep just another 40 students whose papers I will have to grade. Adding this extra class will thankfully get some of the terrors out of my crazy class, which also happens to be the biggest reason I said I would do it- and the extra money is nice too! I start teaching the new class next week so it will be interesting to see how it goes.

Last weekend I finally moved. I spent most of last week cleaning up the apartment and painting. It is amazing the difference that has made! Now I just need to get my landlord to fix the remaining few things and things will be great. I have been so busy with school and all that I still haven't had time to unpack my stuff. I still have a HUGE pile of stuff just chillin' in the living room. Good thing I don't get many visitors! I have been slowly organizing and putting things away but I think it is still going to be a while before it gets to where I can relax and not have to think about it!

I think I am officially nuts. When I went back to work at the hospital this summer I told them I would help out and fill in one weekend a month when Michelle, one of the girls in PBX has to do her one weekend a month for the reserves. So, this weekend, Friday and Saturday, I get to spend my nights working the grave yard shift at the hospital. I'm kind of excited because it means I have time to grade papers and hopefully get some lessons planned... of course this is assuming that I can stay coherent enough to do all that work!

Another Day

For the most part today was a pretty good day. I finally taught my 7th grade foreign language class some Italian. I had a lot of fun with it and it seemed like they did as well because they were all participating and it was great! My last class was much better today than it was last week but it is still nowhere near what I would like it to be. I guess it is going to take a lot of extra work so I will just keep trying everything I can think of.

Today I talked to my landlord and he said he would take care of the problems in the apartment I am moving into so I guess the move is still on. I will be painting and cleaning the rest of this week (in all that spare time I have- because as a teacher I never have anything to do you know! lol) the carpets are getting cleaned Friday so I can move in after that! It will be nice to have a place of my own again. I know I say that a lot but I am really excited and I think it is about time!

So, with school and moving my list of to do's keeps getting longer... Man! I think I need a personal assistant to help me with it all... too bad I'm too poor to pay for one! Hahaha... guess I gotta have something to laugh at!