As I headed into this week (and the following 5 weeks after this one), I knew I was in for a tough ride. My credential program is getting harder and these 6 weeks looked to be the worse, with formal observations, progress reports, and my anemia getting worse to top it all off. At least I was heading into it with my eyes wide open. God always blesses me though and sent me many things to help me through this week including:
- Klondike Oreo Cookie Sandwiches - YUM YUM YUM!!!! (Helping me lose weight? NO. Tonight, do I care? NO.)
- Google Images - I used this to fill a PowerPoint presentation for my class with images from earthquakes, tsunamis, and landslides, and my professor LOVED it! She mentioned several times how great my photos were - thanks Google! (Now that I don't work at ESRI, I can say that as much as I want!!)
- Corresponding with the point above - Keynote - This apple alternative to PowerPoint is so easy to use and you can literally click on a Google image, drag it across your screen to Keynote, and drop the photo in....no saving and uploading required - I LOVE YOU APPLE!!!!
- The ability to "kill 2 birds with one stone" by using a homework assignment for a formal observation - never thought that would happen!
- Listening to my students talk and figure things out. This week, we were able to learn and meet the California State Standards all through their own discussion and discovery - no textbook required! There were tough moments, but all in all, a good experience!
- And of course, my husband. Sappy? Maybe. But, true none the less. This week did not start out well for me....at all...but through the tears, frustrations, and feelings of failure, my husband encourages and loves me, and well, buys me Klondike Oreo Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches to make me feel better. He's really quite the catch.
I've thought about doing this for awhile, and with all the exciting new changes coming our way, thought this would be a great way to document our adventures as well as keep friends and family updated with more details that a Facebook status can provide!
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Few Memorable Momments
As previously mentioned, I have switched into the wonderful world of teaching. I teach History (Ancient Civilizations) and Earth Science, along with a character ed class to a group of mostly 12 year old students. Each class has between 35-36 students in it and my classroom is pretty small, but we make do. Needless to say, between our room arrangement, the mind (and hormones) of a 12 year old, and my interesting subject matter....we have had some very interesting conversations! Here are just a few memorable quotes off the top of my head....
#1
Students: let's guess how old Mrs. Dennistoun is! (inward groaning on my part....)
24! 28! 26! (Ok, not so bad....)
34! (Excuse me!! No offense to 34 year olds...but that is not my age yet!)
No, I think she is more like 20! (Bless you child!)
Student who thought I was 34: SHE WISHES!!! (He was promptly dismissed from my classroom after that!)
#2
Before Thanksgiving break, I had my students do a reading comp sheet on the history of Thanksgiving....one of the things it mentioned that the pilgrims ate was cod fish. During this activity, I had a student very confused over this. He explained to me, that he was confused because every time you see COD on the internet, it stands for Call of Duty (a very popular video game amongst my students), and he thought the fish had something to do with the video game and it just didn't make sense to him! Oh goodness....
#3
One day we were working on creating a map of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Everything had to be created out of paper. As I was walking around the room observing my class' work, one of my boys, was quite upset and said, "Mrs. Dennistoun, it looks like a kindergartner made it!" I just smiled, because let's be honest, it was pretty bad, but I tried to encourage him to keep going. His response, "Arts and crafts just aren't my thing, my mom never bought my coloring books when I was little!" (I laughed over this for a long time...take note to my future self....buy your kids lots and lots of coloring books!)
#4 (My favorite from this year so far....)
We are out at lunch and a few boys are kicking something around in the dirt. I just knew trouble was coming. A few minutes later one of them runs up very upset about this thing in the dirt, but can't explain what it was. The second boy runs up and tells us that it is a "conceptual toy." HUH??? What are these boys talking about? The third one clarifies...."You know, it's what a boy uses to not get a girl pregnant." Oooohhhhhh....... Apparently, after dark, our campus is a great place for some hanky panky to take place!
I'm sure that these stories are much funnier to me since I was there, and I know there are many more, but I have been so bad about writing them down. As they happen, I will record them here, so at least I have them writen somewhere, and maybe every once in awhile, someone else will get a laugh out of them as well!
#1
Students: let's guess how old Mrs. Dennistoun is! (inward groaning on my part....)
24! 28! 26! (Ok, not so bad....)
34! (Excuse me!! No offense to 34 year olds...but that is not my age yet!)
No, I think she is more like 20! (Bless you child!)
Student who thought I was 34: SHE WISHES!!! (He was promptly dismissed from my classroom after that!)
#2
Before Thanksgiving break, I had my students do a reading comp sheet on the history of Thanksgiving....one of the things it mentioned that the pilgrims ate was cod fish. During this activity, I had a student very confused over this. He explained to me, that he was confused because every time you see COD on the internet, it stands for Call of Duty (a very popular video game amongst my students), and he thought the fish had something to do with the video game and it just didn't make sense to him! Oh goodness....
#3
One day we were working on creating a map of Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Everything had to be created out of paper. As I was walking around the room observing my class' work, one of my boys, was quite upset and said, "Mrs. Dennistoun, it looks like a kindergartner made it!" I just smiled, because let's be honest, it was pretty bad, but I tried to encourage him to keep going. His response, "Arts and crafts just aren't my thing, my mom never bought my coloring books when I was little!" (I laughed over this for a long time...take note to my future self....buy your kids lots and lots of coloring books!)
#4 (My favorite from this year so far....)
We are out at lunch and a few boys are kicking something around in the dirt. I just knew trouble was coming. A few minutes later one of them runs up very upset about this thing in the dirt, but can't explain what it was. The second boy runs up and tells us that it is a "conceptual toy." HUH??? What are these boys talking about? The third one clarifies...."You know, it's what a boy uses to not get a girl pregnant." Oooohhhhhh....... Apparently, after dark, our campus is a great place for some hanky panky to take place!
I'm sure that these stories are much funnier to me since I was there, and I know there are many more, but I have been so bad about writing them down. As they happen, I will record them here, so at least I have them writen somewhere, and maybe every once in awhile, someone else will get a laugh out of them as well!
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