I spent my Saturday doing Kyrgyzstan training and curriculum for half the day; the other half was creating curriculum for three Social Studies classes (World History, U.S. History & American Government). This week, much of the teaching is common to all three classes because it\u2019s all about rules and procedures.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, I cleaned up the rest of the \u201cconstruction\u201d in my room and set up the technology and tested it. While I was there, one of the vice principals stopped in with a table for me. She was surprised that I was there, but I\u2019ve pretty much lived in this classroom for the better part of a week now. When I got home, I made a \u201cquick\u201d powerpoint for tomorrow\u2019s class. This powerpoint took me three hours to do, so it was near bedtime when I finished. Again, I was completely exhausted. I\u2019m going to have to do less if I\u2019m going to survive this teaching thing. Based on last years\u2019 experience, I can \u2013 after a month or so, I\u2019ll be in a routine that works.<\/p>\n
Today was the first day of school. It went well enough, but I have maybe three classes that could give me trouble, and two classes that probably won\u2019t. In almost every class I had some former student of some type. It was good to see them all again. All day, I kept running into freshmen from my wife\u2019s school who were excited to see me on campus. All in all, it was a good day. I only got through half of my powerpoint today, which means I can coast a little this evening. I\u2019ll simply show the second half tomorrow. My voice is also almost completely gone. I talked too much and I\u2019m not used to that. I\u2019ll have to talk less tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spent my Saturday doing Kyrgyzstan training and curriculum for half the day; the other half was creating curriculum for three Social Studies classes (World History, U.S. History & American Government). This week, much of the teaching is common to … Continue reading