teaching
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Quarter 3
I’m not going to lie, Monday was hell for me. Generally speaking, Monday’s are NOT bad days for me. But this Monday was mentally taxing for some reason. Looking back, I think it had to do with my sense of utility within the school. Quite literally all day I spent with absolutely nothing to do. Continue reading
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Observing Teachers
Today was an interesting day. I learned a lot about performing observations and now understand some of the dilemma administrators go through when observing teachers. My student teacher asked me to observe for certain behaviors today, so she can improve her practice. I have never done this before. As such, I decided to do what all Continue reading
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Swimming
The old saying that you don’t know something unless you can teach it is an accurate proverb for just about anything in life. In fact, I can’t think of a single thing that would contradict this. Today, this adage taught me more than I had considered at the beginning of the day. After yesterday’s faulty lesson, Continue reading
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Student Teaching
When I decided to take on a student teacher, I never expected to face the kinds challenges that I am currently faced with. I guess I never considered the human side of teaching when volunteering to host another human in my room. Today was a hard day for her. Hell, today was a hard day Continue reading
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Teamwork Tuesday
Today was a great day. In fact, it was one of those where I really wasn’t sure where the day was going to end up when I first arrived at work. Things were a bit hectic this morning as I am still overcoming illness and catching up from being gone for two days while at Continue reading
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Winter Break Blues
I am sure I have said this before, but I’m going to say it again. I hate breaks. There is just something about losing your sense of routine whenever breaks come around that make me struggle with my own mental health and sit at work for hours on end until I absolutely need to leave. Continue reading
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The Things We Carry
A long time ago, when I was a much younger man, I read a book called The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend doing so. But one of the things I took away from reading the text was as a reminder of the things that all veterans, Continue reading
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Disappointments
Disappointments. Today was full of them. I’m usually not one to let issues marinate and linger for longer than they need to but today is different. I started my morning thinking that we were going to be holding our Equity meeting in spite of a conflicting meeting. That feel through because the presenters decided that Continue reading
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Conferences
It’s that time of year. Again. Conferences are here. Teachers are imbibing on massive quantity of caffeinated beverages. Parents are . . . nowhere to be found. I can count the number of parents I have seen in the last 3 conference nights on both hands. This is a gross waste of time and money. Continue reading
The Life Argotic 