| I've officially been teaching for about 2 and a half months, and I love it. Even though I'm probably teaching at the scariest elementary school in town, I actually feel like the kids are changing. When I first started, they couldn't even walk up and down the hallway and I was writing at least 3 discipline referrals a day. Now, I rarely have to write one a week and my kids walk down the hall perfect even when I'm not standing right by them. They sit quietly in class. They aren't rude to each other. There are less fights. And their grades are FINALLY improving. As much as I complain about the long days and late nights, I love it. I got a phone call on Friday from one of my old bosses at Pauline South (from the after school program) and she offered me a job there next year. Everyone is telling me to take it, but I wouldn't feel right doing that. I will only be in Topeka for one more year before Spence and I move to KC. Plus, I would have to pack all of my classroom stuff up (which is more than anyone could possibly imagine) and move it, AND learn a new curriculum for one year. And it probably wouldn't look so hot on a resume to see that I worked for one semester in 501, then a year in 437, then switched again to KC. But, I have always wanted to work out there. The staff is amazing, and they certainly don't have kids bringing guns to school. I bet I could win an award for dealing with that situation! :) It's finally Spring Break, and I don't feel overwhelmed. Probably because I have a whole week with nothing to do except lesson plans and grading. Oh, and finding an apartment for Spence and I to live in. Today my mom and I are looking, and hopefully I will sign a contract before the end of the week. No more dealing with parents. It will kind of be like living alone, because he will be flying trips for days at a time, and the first few months he doesn't get very many days off. I took him out looking on Sat, and we were ecstatic to find out that we actually make too much money to live in some apartments. We make under 50 a year together (only for the next two years) and we make too much to live in certain places. :) Yay! Lately I've been pretty lame in the "going out" department. I think it's been SO long since I could go out that I just forgot how much fun it is. This must change. I've got many years of drunk nights at the bars still, and I'm not taking advantage of them! Next time Nicole calls me, out I go. Promise! Off to look at apartments! |
