Well, I'm officially one of them. As many of you know (and have been crept out) I love to keep up with people and their "news" of their lives. My best method.... blogs! Love 'em. I'm pretty much a daily blog stalker. It's interesting... and now some of my friends are having kids and it's cool to see them grow, even when they're far away. But... none the less, some people tend to forget to blog... and they forget, and forget... and I sit, and stalk, and get bored, and bored and glaze over.... well.... Friends.... I've become one of them.... a consistent stalker, but forgetting to update my own blog. Please, accept my apologies.
Anyways, I last blogged right after I finished up at the day care. It's crazy to think that I've been away from it for almost 2 months. Sheesh. But it definitely was a good move. Especially since I was informed that what was my employment may be shut down in the future. Sad. But.... the 21st of August brought about teacher-in-service. OY! Is all I have to say. A lot of hype that got me all nervous and slightly wiggy.... but now that I'm in the grove of things... I"m getting better. The first week was interesting. I had to call a parent for disciplinary reasons the second day of school. What a fun way to break in a newby! I found myself mostly just trying to "stay afloat" a lot. And according to my mom "that's what 1st year teaching is all about." GRR... I just keep telling myself that "I have summers off now." And.... "Next year will be better." I guess that's a good thing that 5 years into it, I'm already planning on coming back. I'm becoming more efficient in my planning periods now, so I haven't had to bring as much home at night. Sure I have a few later evenings... but.... for the most part I try to make good use of my time in school. Last week was a nightmare. We had open house, and then progress reports were due Monday. So, that was a pretty big stress for me... because we don't have a very efficient system in place yet. Soo... yeah.... but.... I survived the first progress reports with only 2 parents calling, and they were nice, and I gave them the info they needed.... and they were reasonable, and fine. I'd like to say (and I don't take it for granted) and by God's grace I only had 2 out of 30. Not too bad I don't think. Other than that.... ya know, it's fun being a teacher. So much drama... and new stories to tell. I know most teachers probably have already heard these type... but... they're pretty good stories. Junior High is fun to teach. They're smart kids, and they can hold conversations. They're good kids. I actually have a funny story..... a kid came in yesterday and said "Mrs. Flatt I got Halo 3 last night." And I said "Oh, that's fun. I'm not good at Halo." And with shock he said "You know what Halo is?" And I said "yes, and I'm terrible at it." He said "Wait? You play video games?!" I said "Well, sometimes, I need to just veg out and relax. So yeah. I mostly just stay with Mario Kart and any type of Wii game." And with even more shock he said "You have a Wii?!" I said "Yep." That response brought "My teacher plays video games?! You're a teacher, you can't play video games!" Anyways, I just thought that was a funny story. Apparently I didn't get the memo that teachers can't play video games. Granted, I don't play it often right now.... I thought about it this weekend, then forgot.... but why not? Hehehe.... also funny... today in Language Arts.... I was asked if I was of Arab decent. I thought that was funny because I do not look at all like I have any sort of Middle Eastern decent. Mostly because I get a pale pasty color of white in the heart of winter after my cruise tan has completely faded. Hehehehe.... (TMI?)
Alright, well for my fans out there... that's about it. Love ya lots! Any advice or want to swap stories, let me know. I always love a good laugh.
Night all!
