Last Thursday our first trimester ended. I can't believe that I made it through my first trimester of teaching. It feels good to make it to this benchmark. Teaching has been getting better lately. My second trimester is going to be a lot better than my first. They took away my geometry class and are splitting up my algebra 1 classes into three classes rather than two. That means that instead of 30 or more students in each class I will only have around 20. I think that it will make life a lot better. Also, I get to start teaching out of new books which I think will make things easier. Basically my life of teaching is looking up.
I am loving coaching basketball. I have really grown to love the girls I work with. They are so much fun to be around and they make my life happier. I especially like that they feel like they can come to me and talk to me and I feel like I can help them and make a difference. That is what I really wanted to be able to do as a teacher but it happens faster and easier as a coach. I am going to miss basketball when it is over. Good thing it lasts until February.
Sorry I haven't been very good at writing on here. I am going to try to start writing more.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Basketball
Last week I started coaching the freshman girls' basketball team. It has been really fun so far. It makes me like teaching more. I think that it is becasue I get to interact with the girls in the way that I wish I could interact with all of my students. We have fun together but they still listen to what I say and I am able to listen to what they are saying. If only all of my students and classes could be like that.
Saturday we had two practices so that we could get in our 10 practices before their first game. They ran along the water for the first practice. It was fun to watch them bond together and finish a long run. The girls that finished before everyone else went back and ran with the ones that were struggling. Here's a picture of them finishing.
(i took the picture down because I decided it just wasn't a good idea)
Saturday we had two practices so that we could get in our 10 practices before their first game. They ran along the water for the first practice. It was fun to watch them bond together and finish a long run. The girls that finished before everyone else went back and ran with the ones that were struggling. Here's a picture of them finishing.
(i took the picture down because I decided it just wasn't a good idea)
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