So this is it! Today is the day I officially have to pack up most of the things I will need for the next 8-10 months and leave. Am I looking forward to it? Not one bit. Am I looking forward to finally teaching Science? You betcha! Will I miss the school I was in last year? Without a doubt! I'd love to go back there but it was impossible this year.
So with all that being said.... I have to pack. I have so much done but I have no idea what I will need for the next little while. I'll be living out of a suitcase until I can find somewhere to live. I'm staying with my sister temporarily.
As well, I am officially starting back to Weight Watchers on Tuesday. I'm not joining up again but I have the starter kit that I'm going to try to work with this time. Hopefully it will help out somewhat.
Well this is it! The next post will come to you from my hometown. After that, who knows.
Until then ... so long St. John's!
(take good care of my boyfriend will you??)
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Friday, 2 September 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Ramblings of the overtired girl...
So right now it is 3:42AM, Newfoundland standard time of course! I am sitting here in the dark, listening to the boyfriend snore. Why can't I sleep? WHY??
I was all comfy and ready to sleep around 12ish, when the brain went into overdrive and I started to worry about the upcoming school year. This lead me to reading and printing off more of the curriculum guide and finding stuff on share point. I've realized that I need more of a refresher than I thought. It's been 4 years since I've completed my Biology degree, 5 years since I've taken any Biology courses and 6 since I've taken any Chemistry. I am teaching both starting next week! Oh boy! I know what tomorrow is going to consist of for sure.
Am I nervous? Hell yeah! Am I scared? You bet! I am going to a new school after all. I saw on facebook how friends of mine will be teaching at the school I was at last year and it makes me sad. Then I wonder how all my former students are doing. I miss them. It was like that during my internship too. I missed some of them when I left. I had some of them coming through the drive thus at KFC with their parents and telling me how they were doing. (Aww). But it was nothing like the bond I made with some students last year.. being it was my first class alone as a 'real' teacher. I think last year went great. Was I a good teacher? Probably not. Will I improve? Hell yeah.. but I'm teaching something I'm good at and passionate about this time around. Do I think I made a lasting impression on the students? I know in some I did. I know other's didn't like me. But that comes with being a teacher.
Lastly, I think I have a new obsession with Forever 21. I went there while I was in Orlando and bought the cutest earrings ever. I keep looking on their website and fighting the urge to order stuff. If I knew my size there for sure, I so would. Oh well.
I think I should try to sleep. Boyfriend will be getting up for work in 3 hours and waking me again. *le sigh*
I was all comfy and ready to sleep around 12ish, when the brain went into overdrive and I started to worry about the upcoming school year. This lead me to reading and printing off more of the curriculum guide and finding stuff on share point. I've realized that I need more of a refresher than I thought. It's been 4 years since I've completed my Biology degree, 5 years since I've taken any Biology courses and 6 since I've taken any Chemistry. I am teaching both starting next week! Oh boy! I know what tomorrow is going to consist of for sure.
Am I nervous? Hell yeah! Am I scared? You bet! I am going to a new school after all. I saw on facebook how friends of mine will be teaching at the school I was at last year and it makes me sad. Then I wonder how all my former students are doing. I miss them. It was like that during my internship too. I missed some of them when I left. I had some of them coming through the drive thus at KFC with their parents and telling me how they were doing. (Aww). But it was nothing like the bond I made with some students last year.. being it was my first class alone as a 'real' teacher. I think last year went great. Was I a good teacher? Probably not. Will I improve? Hell yeah.. but I'm teaching something I'm good at and passionate about this time around. Do I think I made a lasting impression on the students? I know in some I did. I know other's didn't like me. But that comes with being a teacher.
Lastly, I think I have a new obsession with Forever 21. I went there while I was in Orlando and bought the cutest earrings ever. I keep looking on their website and fighting the urge to order stuff. If I knew my size there for sure, I so would. Oh well.
I think I should try to sleep. Boyfriend will be getting up for work in 3 hours and waking me again. *le sigh*
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