Tuesday Miscellany
Workday - 7:30am-5:15pm
I don't know if I'll ever get those damn math quizzes marked. Although I've vowed to get them done tonight, no matter what it takes.
Tomorrow I have something fun planned for my math classes, and I'm actually a little excited about how it will go. It's not even that great of an activity, but it involves them having to get up and walk around the classroom a bit (and a change of pace is always refreshing). I'm just hoping they'll get into it and not be lazy!
Also tomorrow, I'm expecting my sister to come visit me at work. She's never been to this school, so I'm happy to show it off. It's too bad I don't think there's any way for her to sneak in and observe my last class. With that fun lesson, she might enjoy watching it in action. Actually, I've never really had any friend or family member "watch me teach". I think that'd be a little weird. Still, it might be interesting sometime (if I could ever get away with it).
Chattanooga's coming along nicely. The quartet was one short this afternoon, but it still sounded great. Definitely much cleaner than last time.
In my math class, two different students (on separate occasions) whispered to the persons beside them that I had neat writing. I don't know why I found this all that flattering, but I guess I'll enjoy a compliment from a student any way I can get one. I think the kids just found this refreshing. The other teachers in the school must have comparatively awful penmanship.
My careers class spent the last half of the period on the computers completing an online quiz. The test was your basic skills/interests -> workplace inventory. In the end, they're given a suggested list of careers that match their interests and abilities. They had some fun with that. It was especially fun to watch their disappointment when the list came back! I understand how they felt, though, because teacher and musician were nowhere to be found in my list. My top suggestion was "gambling casino worker". Hahaha!
I had gone around checking out what everyone was getting. One pouting student asked if there was a way he could change his answers. He wanted to pursue something in astronomy (I believe).
I looked at his list and replied, "what? You mean you don't want to be a midwife?? Or a podiatrist? Why not?". The girls beside him began to giggle.
"You must have selected that you're a hands-on type of person. These are hands-on careers! There's a reason why they suit you!" The kid got more depressed.
Of course, the whole point in the exercise was just to show them options. We're supposed to stress that this isn't pigeon-holing them into a specific career path, except it was more fun to freak them out.
I don't know if I'll ever get those damn math quizzes marked. Although I've vowed to get them done tonight, no matter what it takes.
Tomorrow I have something fun planned for my math classes, and I'm actually a little excited about how it will go. It's not even that great of an activity, but it involves them having to get up and walk around the classroom a bit (and a change of pace is always refreshing). I'm just hoping they'll get into it and not be lazy!
Also tomorrow, I'm expecting my sister to come visit me at work. She's never been to this school, so I'm happy to show it off. It's too bad I don't think there's any way for her to sneak in and observe my last class. With that fun lesson, she might enjoy watching it in action. Actually, I've never really had any friend or family member "watch me teach". I think that'd be a little weird. Still, it might be interesting sometime (if I could ever get away with it).
Chattanooga's coming along nicely. The quartet was one short this afternoon, but it still sounded great. Definitely much cleaner than last time.
In my math class, two different students (on separate occasions) whispered to the persons beside them that I had neat writing. I don't know why I found this all that flattering, but I guess I'll enjoy a compliment from a student any way I can get one. I think the kids just found this refreshing. The other teachers in the school must have comparatively awful penmanship.
My careers class spent the last half of the period on the computers completing an online quiz. The test was your basic skills/interests -> workplace inventory. In the end, they're given a suggested list of careers that match their interests and abilities. They had some fun with that. It was especially fun to watch their disappointment when the list came back! I understand how they felt, though, because teacher and musician were nowhere to be found in my list. My top suggestion was "gambling casino worker". Hahaha!
I had gone around checking out what everyone was getting. One pouting student asked if there was a way he could change his answers. He wanted to pursue something in astronomy (I believe).
I looked at his list and replied, "what? You mean you don't want to be a midwife?? Or a podiatrist? Why not?". The girls beside him began to giggle.
"You must have selected that you're a hands-on type of person. These are hands-on careers! There's a reason why they suit you!" The kid got more depressed.
Of course, the whole point in the exercise was just to show them options. We're supposed to stress that this isn't pigeon-holing them into a specific career path, except it was more fun to freak them out.
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