The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread
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Serjeant Grumbles
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Funerary_Doom
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Omg this! No bueno. That's definitely happened to me more times than I can count.
I met my best friend in 3rd grade because I was in the corner crying because I couldn't fin my glasses. When she asked me what was wrong and I told her couldn't find my glasses, she goes, "they are on top of your head, dummy!"
Short term memory never changes.
Happy birthday, Krow! Brutal birth. Do you perchance have asthma? Most of the c-section babies I know do.
Serjeant Grumbles
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Why would you put them up on top of your head in the first place? You must be one of those people who only needs glasses for mild visual correction.
Krow
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Funerary_Doom
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Sergeant Grumbles: Need them for distance and to see when it's dark. If I'm reading or doing something that is close up, normally don't need them. My vision is pretty bad though and should just keep them on my face. I remember that you wear glasses too, no worries we are on the same boat aka the unlucky ones. 
damnromulans
Klingons do not faint
Happy birthday (late?)!
Lots to do at/for work today. Feels good to not be sitting around idly.
Lots to do at/for work today. Feels good to not be sitting around idly.
The Ozzman
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Just got back from a golf outing for my high school reunion. The group behind us finished 17 under. My group finished 1 over.
Matt
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Sitting in a hotel near Krig's neck of the woods for a college umpiring clinic. Kinda sucks, tomorrow is gonna be busy as fuck.
crimsonfloyd
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Just finished the first real week of my teaching credential/ MA ed. program.
The bad: This is absurdly time consuming. For example my Wednesday schedule: Be up at 5:30. Be out the door at 6:45. Be to Compton High by 7:45. TA in a class of 10th graders from 8 AM to 2:45 PM. Then I have a 3 hour class from 3:30 to 6:30, which sets me up to be leaving Compton exactly at rush hour! So I by the time I actually get out of my car it's about 7:45 or 8. The other days aren't quite as bad, but also not that much better. I'm taking 5 grad classes in addition to three days of in class observation/ participation. However you cut it, it's an insane amount of work.
The good: my cohort is awesome, my lead professor is an amazing and inspiring human being and my supervising teacher is willing to let me and my partner start teaching as soon as next week!
My middle school teacher really has her class on track, but the high school class is really not going well. Most of the class is failing. Most the students are English as Second language and while they are fluent, their skill level is way below grade level, so their academic self-esteem is low. Furthermore, I don't think a lot of the students see how the material connects to their lives, which is too bad because I think a lot of the stuff they're reading has relevant messages. Hopefully my partner and I can help them see the relevance and become more engaged. But it's gonna be a battle.
The bad: This is absurdly time consuming. For example my Wednesday schedule: Be up at 5:30. Be out the door at 6:45. Be to Compton High by 7:45. TA in a class of 10th graders from 8 AM to 2:45 PM. Then I have a 3 hour class from 3:30 to 6:30, which sets me up to be leaving Compton exactly at rush hour! So I by the time I actually get out of my car it's about 7:45 or 8. The other days aren't quite as bad, but also not that much better. I'm taking 5 grad classes in addition to three days of in class observation/ participation. However you cut it, it's an insane amount of work.
The good: my cohort is awesome, my lead professor is an amazing and inspiring human being and my supervising teacher is willing to let me and my partner start teaching as soon as next week!
My middle school teacher really has her class on track, but the high school class is really not going well. Most of the class is failing. Most the students are English as Second language and while they are fluent, their skill level is way below grade level, so their academic self-esteem is low. Furthermore, I don't think a lot of the students see how the material connects to their lives, which is too bad because I think a lot of the stuff they're reading has relevant messages. Hopefully my partner and I can help them see the relevance and become more engaged. But it's gonna be a battle.
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Played golf yesterday for the first time, found I'm quite good actually. Got a job interview this Tuesday and the concert Wednesday. Should be a fun week.
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Krigloch the Furious
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Mathiäs;10717524 said:
Where?
I'm pooping listening to Odious Mortem and I think I may play some guitar.
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Serjeant Grumbles
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It's your chance to be one of those dedicated teachers, like in the movies. How do you reach these keeds?
Funerary_Doom
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Sounds like you have your hands full. However, I always thought if you really wanted to make a difference in people's lives there's no better way than working directly with them, which is pretty admirable with teachers. Moreover, you're not only young but seem patient and unbiased. I really think students take to that pretty nicely (especially if you're young it's easier for them to relate to you). No doubt it's going to be difficult, but i think you'll be alright.
I was always told Compton is like the king of the hoods, despite growing up in some really sketchy places.
Woke up at 4pm today. Felt so amazing to sleep for 12 hours.
I was always told Compton is like the king of the hoods, despite growing up in some really sketchy places.
Woke up at 4pm today. Felt so amazing to sleep for 12 hours.
Matt
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Hotel near Lincolnland CC.
Done with the day's events for the most part, gotta group social event thing which I fucking hate but I won't stay the whole time. Tomorrow is the last day, thankfully.
Krigloch the Furious
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crimsonfloyd
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So far I've found just giving them positive and genuine feedback on their ideas and work has gone really well. In my opinion, these students haven't been given enough positive reinforcement on their work and thoughts so they don't really believe in their intellectual worth. For a lot of these students, school is a place where they get criticized and yelled at for not doing well enough. And I get it. The teachers are evaluated based on the kids scores, so they get stressed when the kids don't do well and it's just a vicious cycle from which no one benefits. Part of the BS testing culture that education system has turned into.
But if the kids just see school as a place where they're told that they're not good enough then what motivation are they gonna have to turn it around. Especially when English isn't even the first language for a lot of them. It's something that was imposed on them in school.
Sounds like you have your hands full. However, I always thought if you really wanted to make a difference in people's lives there's no better way than working directly with them, which is pretty admirable with teachers. Moreover, you're not only young but seem patient and unbiased. I really think students take to that pretty nicely (especially if you're young it's easier for them to relate to you). No doubt it's going to be difficult, but i think you'll be alright.
I was always told Compton is like the king of the hoods, despite growing up in some really sketchy places.
Woke up at 4pm today. Felt so amazing to sleep for 12 hours.
Yeah it's gonna be tough, especially once I actually have to lead the class. It's a totally different animal to deal with the students in small groups or individually and it's another to try and engage 30 kids at once.
But Compton really isn't that bad. It's poor, the economy is shit and there is a drug problem, but the vast majority of the population is working class families. Overall, I think it's gotten a really bad rep because it's so strongly associated with gangsta rap and all that, but there's really a lot more to it than that.
