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dreamingpixels) wrote2009-09-16 05:23 pm
dreamingpixels) wrote2009-09-16 05:23 pm
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I've learned a lot about myself just by observing kids.
AUGH DREAMWIDTH ATE MY ENTRY.
Ugh. I hate it when that happens. It drives me insane.
Anyway. I've been learning a lot while doing my student teaching - about myself, about the kids I work with, and about life in general. I've noticed a lot about myself just working with these kids - mostly, I see some of my immature habits reflected in the kids, and it makes me want to work on them in order to grow up and be a more effective teacher. I tell too many stories, I talk too much when it's not appropriate, and I need to pay attention more. Life is a learning process, though, and so is teaching, and it's a good thing that I've got this opportunity to grow.
Outside of teaching, not much has been happening. I hung out with Amanda on Sunday, we watched some Big Bang Theory (because we ran out of Doctor Who), and played Topple. I won on a technicality, haha. (I never win when I play games against Amanda!) Before that, Bryan and I spent the weekend in Lake Luzerne with his parents. The weekend felt much too short, and I spent most of it reading We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. I read it ages ago, I think, but I couldn't remember what went on, so I re-read it. I forgot how depressing it was, honestly, but it was a good read nonetheless. Now I'm reading Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove, which is pretty good so far.
Ugh. I hate it when that happens. It drives me insane.
Anyway. I've been learning a lot while doing my student teaching - about myself, about the kids I work with, and about life in general. I've noticed a lot about myself just working with these kids - mostly, I see some of my immature habits reflected in the kids, and it makes me want to work on them in order to grow up and be a more effective teacher. I tell too many stories, I talk too much when it's not appropriate, and I need to pay attention more. Life is a learning process, though, and so is teaching, and it's a good thing that I've got this opportunity to grow.
Outside of teaching, not much has been happening. I hung out with Amanda on Sunday, we watched some Big Bang Theory (because we ran out of Doctor Who), and played Topple. I won on a technicality, haha. (I never win when I play games against Amanda!) Before that, Bryan and I spent the weekend in Lake Luzerne with his parents. The weekend felt much too short, and I spent most of it reading We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. I read it ages ago, I think, but I couldn't remember what went on, so I re-read it. I forgot how depressing it was, honestly, but it was a good read nonetheless. Now I'm reading Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove, which is pretty good so far.