Pulling Things Out of the Air

I've got an idea brewing regarding using tangrams (instead of lousy worksheets) for parts of speech.

I've been meaning to write about my first two days, but I've been crazy busy. Things that must be covered:

• 30 y.o. going on 60 in educational years
• you only think you're "interactive"
• instructional hours vs. prayer

Sayings and ideas:

• Between true friends, even water drunk together is good enough. (Zimbabwean proverb on a Celestial Seasonings tea box.)
• Go big or go home

And this one goes out to my seminar's resident Grecian Goddess: (use Cartman voice) "Dear God, thank you for not giving me Afrodite's commute." ;)

Thursday the FIRST

It's just after 6am. I'm UP. I slept well. Time to do
an asana or two to get the blood flowing.

Time to get ready.

FIRST DAY!

Training

I just came back from three hours' worth of the most
inane "training" on abuse prevention in the Catholic
diocese. Seriously.

I'm not exactly the most unbiased person, either, when
it comes to the heirarchy. I had to bite my tongue
during parts of the training video where the church
official was like "to tell the truth, we have made
mistakes in the past..."

NO. REALLY? That's your stellar day-late-dollar-short
remark. I'm sure that makes abuse victims feel better,
especially considering there are still ongoing cases
of things being covered up.

Still, it was one of those things to just go to, get
through, and just file. *rolls eyes*

PLACED! It's official!

FINALLY, and due to the diligence of my wunderbar
supervisor (no love to placement office X[), I am
placed. My home for the term will be a local Catholic
high school.

This is not the place I would have ever thought myself
landing, but HEY! Good school. IN TOWN. CAN WALK TO
IT!! I actually walked there this morning to time
myself. I can make it in 40 minutes. I can't walk
there tomorrow though, because I have to go to seminar
right after in Chicago.

Very excited, VERY RELIEVED. I think my two
cooperating teachers are going to be awesome. They
seem like the type of people who are really going to
be "cooperative" and "mentoring". Not "you're a sucky
student teacher, eat it!" like I've known some of my
friends to have. Yeesh.

I have to finish running around like crazy - gotta
fill out more background check stuff for the
archdiocese and go to some "don't abuse the kids"
training tonight in a neighboring town.

And then I have to figure out what to wear
tomorrow...pack a lunch. The usual.

I'm probably not going to sleep a wink tonight. GAH!

Oh my GAWD

No pun intended...I may yet wind up at a local Catholic high school.

 

*laughs*

 

For those of you who know me, this is the ultimate irony....*proceeds to laugh self sick*