Seriously, by the time the end of the week comes I generally feel like all of the energy has been quite literally sucked out of my body, right along with my patience, organization skills, and desire to ever teach again.
Thank goodness for the weekend!!
Student teaching is....well...basically, it sucks. There are day when I enjoy it, but most of the time I feel overwhelmed and underpaid (ha, ha). No thanks to my mentor teacher who I have seen for maybe an hour total in the last two and a half weeks (I have only been here three and a half weeks and they generally ease you in nice and slowly). For me, baptism by fire, baby! I was given about zero seconds notice for the first couple times I taught, but I have now caught up and am ready for action.
The kids are funny, but I have to try not to let them see that I think most of the stupid stuff they do is funny, or else what's to stop them from continuously doing it. Part of the problem is that I am just as immature as they are. For instance, when the principal comes into my forty student class (yes, they are all that big) and asks if anyone wants to transfer into the new teacher's class--Mrs. Balls--I find it hard to keep myself from giggling right along with the pubescent sixteen years olds in my class. Seriously though, unfortunate name for a high school teacher. What was she thinking? Or how about the time in the middle of my lecture when one of my students shouted out "Is that your wedding ring?! How much did it cost?!" Hmm, is that a compliment or an insult? Of course, then the rest of the class had to start yelling out about how they wanted to see my ring. Anything not to talk about history.
Then there is the kid that in the middle of my lesson asks me if women can have beards because someone told him that Abraham Lincoln had a sex change operation. This is in mu HONORS class. I seriously think kids might be getting progressively dumber. One of my students told me that Barack Obama was the president...right now. Close, but not quite.
Anyways, they keep me laughing because I pretty much never know what I am going to get out of them. But seriously, thank goodness for the weekend.
