Oh my, oh my!!! We are only 4 weeks into the semester and I already feel like I have been hit by a semi truck. I now understand why the education program at USU is ranked so high in the nation. I am so overwhelmed and stressed, but I am going to be one of the most prepared first year teachers EVER!
This semester is what we call our block, or methods, classes. I have 5 main block class (science, language arts, social studies, math, and instruction for struggling readers). I am also taking intermediate classroom management. For the main 5 I switch between two different classrooms, that are right next to each other. I am in class with the same 26 other people and the classes are all 3 hours and 15 minutes long. I know what you are thinking...it's really not as bad as it seems (except Tuesday's when I sit in the same classroom for almost 7 hours straight).
My favorite class of the week is the social studies class. I have never enjoyed social studies more. It is amazing!!! I love the way the professor teaches the class, by example and doing the lessons with us, instead of just telling us about how to teach.
My least favorite class of the block is the struggling readers class. Now, I have come to two conclusions...one is that I just have a bad attitude about the class and go already dreading it or two...the class is just boring, uninteresting, not pertinent half the time, and once again, BORING!!
Now, my one special class of the week...intermediate classroom management. This is a special class because I seem to have a talent for ticking the teacher off. I refuse to call her a professor because she is only a Ph. D. student and man does she act like it!! She is the brattiest, rudest, and crappiest teacher I have ever had. She drives me crazy!! When I asked her if she would be able to post her powerpoints online, her response was "No! I am new to teaching this class and I don't finish preparing my lessons until noon the day of your class. If you were in the wednesday class, that may be possible, but not for this one!" As if, I had asked her the most ridiculous question on the face of the earth. The next week she said the reading would be posted online by wednesday morning, and as of wednesday night at 11:30 pm, the readings were not there. So I emailed her. The next morning the email back read... "If you want to read at your own pace, buy the book." That was it! How rude!!!
Now, as I sit here, I am venting and letting all my thoughts run out on paper (well, being typed), it feels so good I realize that I am so glad to be graduating and being done! Yay for spring semester!!!
