Attacked by midgets.

September 18, 2006So today I did my first field experience for the SEED/FOED class.  My time slot will be from 9-10, which isn't bad.  It's not what I would have preferred,  but it does make many things easier.  I don't have to stress as much about getting Daniel to daycare and then hurrying over to the high school, as I have more time to drop him off, probably around 8:30ish.  (Lucky little boy - if my observation started at 8, he had to be at daycare around 7:30) 

The field experience isn't entirely fun.  As the title states, I believe I was attacked by midgets in the hallway.  There are large groups of shoulder-high sullen kids who seems to have no concept of the words "Excuse me" and feel no need to watch where they're going.  They're small, so I'm sure that I could shove back, but I think it might be unacceptable behavior to send little Timmy or little Susie flying, even if they do deserve it.  I do have the advantage of height at least.  Two of the other girls in my class are very short, and one of them got bounced around more than I did when walking down the hall in between classes.

I'm observing a French 2 class taught by Mrs. Presley.  I'm please with this, as Mrs. Presley is very nice.  Her class is also entertaining.  I think it will be an interesting experience, and I should actually learn a lot.  Apparently, there's a list of stuff we have to do for the class, including making seating charts and grading tests, but I haven't been given the list.  I imagine I will receive it tomorrow.

Daniel has had a rough week or so.  He hasn't been feeling his best as his nose has been very stuffy.  I think he's having allergy problems, same as his mommy.  Then the poor little guy had to get vaccinations on Thursday.  Thursday night he woke up with croup, and the doctor gave him a cortisone shot on Friday to help with that.  He seemed to feel pretty bad all weekend long, too.  Hopefully he'll get to feeling better soon.  As we all know, if he's not happy, he sees to it that no one else is either.

Irritating.

September 13, 2006So it turns out that the high school here no longer has block scheduling.  This means that for my FOED class, we have to do 10 weeks, instead of 6 1/2 of field experience.  This wouldn't be so bad, except that the teacher has procrastinated in getting our observation set up.  Now, the only way we can do 10 full weeks is if we start next week and go through exam week.  I for one don't want to have to worry about going to the high school during exam week.  If she procrastinates any more, we'd be forced to go after Christmas break starts.  This is especially irritating as we had to do the observation recently, and I called them to set up a time and was there at 8AM the next day.  It's not hard to do.  I am displeased.

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September 08, 2006I forgot to mention earlier that right as I got to the high school, two boys got in a fight.  What a welcome to the school!  Gee, I can't wait to teach high school.

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September 08, 2006This morning I went to Cookeville High School for an observation.  I watched a French I class for about 25 minutes.  (I left when they headed to the language lab.)  Before class, they had to retrieve their workbooks from a bookshelf about 4 feet from my chair.  At least six students knocked into me while getting their notebooks and not a single one said "Excuse me."  High schoolers, at least at CHS, are very rude.  It also gave me very little hope for ever having fun teaching a high school French class.  It seemed like the teacher had to practically pull teeth to get a response out of the students.  Sigh.  On an even sadder note, the pink shoes, while fabulous, are very uncomfortable.  That does not, however, mean that I won't wear them occasionally.

On an unrelated note, I am really craving Chinese food.

Party!

September 05, 2006We had Daniel's first birthday party this weekend.  This is what he thought of it:  

His lovely cake was shortly (and happily) reduced to this:


It was a great party and the baby had a lot of fun.  Thanks again, Mom, for all the work you put into it!  Quite a few family members were there, and there was lots of yummy food, including a soccer field cake and homemade ice cream.  We had such a great time and Daniel got some great gifts.  Happily, there was only one large one, so we don't have to build another house to hold his toys until next year.  It was so much fun!

In other news, I am now a reluctant and not so proud owner of a 1995 Honda Shadow.  While I do not approve, Daniel seems to.