So, last night, in my Algebraic Structures class (Modern Algebra), my teacher called out MY teaching skills. The situation went like this: There was one student at the board trying to work out a problem. I was on the next of three problems assigned in class. She asked if I could help out, since no […]
Stuffed.
All I did this weekend was eat. I just finished off my second milkshake in as many days. We ate Kimono for dinner. I ate nearly an entire bag of popcorn this afternoon while watching Stand and Deliver. And then I complain that I can’t fit in any of my old clothes. I’m dumb. In […]
First Cold
I believe I have officially contracted my first cold of the 2005-2006 school year. It’s pretty much a fact of life, when you spend 6 hours a day with 30 teenagers. They put their germs everywhere. Bleh. I’m fighting it off pretty hard with DayQuil, NyQuil, and Vitamin C. I have a big week coming […]
What Weekend?
My weekend. Sucked. Ok, it wasn’t terrible. But, it wasn’t a break from much of anything. I spent ALL saturday grading papers. Papers that I’ve put off. Papers that I just got. 10 class sets of stuff: Algebra II Chapter 3 Tests Algebra II Linear Programming Assignment Algebra 1a classwork (2 classes, 3 different assignments). […]
Weekend Update
News from the weekend: On Friday night, I attended a Forbush football game (with my faithful companion, Lucy). They lost 9-0 to North Iredell. I met a 9 year old N. Iredell fan named Jonathan who kept us company for most of the evening. I also learned quite a bit about young Jonathan. He might […]
Grading Woes
I had almost forgotten just how much I hate to grade papers. That is, until tonight. I gave my first test in Algebra II today. The average grade was 77. That is quite below what I had expected. But, hopefully, this will shock the kids out of whatever summer vacation they are still coasting on, […]
In For The Long Haul
For those of you that don’t know, Derek and I have been exploring other church possibilities. We weren’t really feeling like Calvary was the place for us, and began looking elsewhere at the start of the summer. We only tried a couple of places before being invited to Salem Chapel. It is only a year […]
Missing: 1 Staple
So, as you may already be aware, I have started taking classes to finish my teaching certification at WSSU. I am also back at work, slaving hard to teach the young’ns some math. Well, on Mondays and Wednesdays, I get to school at 7:00. Patrol the parking lot from 7:30-7:55. Teach three straight periods (7:55 […]
Full Week Ahead
Well, the first two days were cool. I was absolutely exhausted. Nothing can prepare you for 4.5 hours of standing in front of a bunch of Fresh-Outta-Summer teenagers. But, it looks like I have a decent group of kids. I can already see a few that are destined to retake my class, but I’ll do […]
First Day
We start back today. It’s 6:20 am. I’ll be at the school in a little under an hour. And the madness will begin. I had dreams about it last night. It didn’t go that well. Hopefully I fare better today than I did in my dreams. I also have a whopping headache. I think it’s […]