Alright, all, I'm ditching the questions. Writing the blog had become more of a chore than I liked, so I've got to make the structure a little looser so I won't just decide not to do it. I'll still try to hit the basic points, but you'll just have to hold on to your hats and guess which question I'm answering. Sorry for the extra brain power expenditure.
So today was a Monday. I had a really fun weekend with lots of activities, which I will quickly rundown. Friday after work I played some basketball with Alex in a park by a Salvation Army. There's a pretty interesting crowd that gathers there, believe it or not. Then we met some friends downtown for First Friday, the shindig that happens in SA ever first Friday of the month with all sorts of live music and craft vendors. Then Saturday Alex and I did some morning Power Yoga that made me feel pretty NOT powerful. We signed up for this free week at a studio so we wanted to get our free's worth. But then there was a farmer's market going on so we noshed on some crepes and walked around the Pearl Brewery Area, which was really pretty awesome! Then some people came over that night and went swimming with Shelby and I at our apartment pool, we went out for Thai food (and bubble tea!!) and chilled out while watching an episode of Will & Grace. Sunday, Shelby, Ryan, and I went to church and then the pastor and her family took us out to lunch at Fidelo's, which may have been the best Mexican food I've had since I've been here--and that's saying a lot. Then I went back downtown for a pushcart derby that was happening, which wasn't as exciting as the flyer made it sound, but still worth seeing. I then did laundry and called my family. A great relaxing weekend!
So now that we have that out of the way, it's safe to say that Monday was a little hard to get back in the swing of working at school. There were some great parts though!
Josue has been cheering outside with us in the mornings for the last couple days! He chose to stay outside and give high fives with me rather than go inside with the other sixth graders because there's another boy that he can't seem to get along with. I told him it was a good idea to stay farther away from him, because they're both my friends and I don't want them getting into trouble. And he really kind of likes the cheers! He was singing one of them in class.
Also, we're writing imaginative stories in my teacher's class. The students are making up super heroes and giving them 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses. So my teacher asked me to make one up so we could both use ours as an example. I made one up--his name is Mr. Popular, and he's shockingly very closely relatable to most of my students. The best part was when I offered to share my super hero with the class, they all stayed quiet. Even the class with the terrible behavior! I had to remind a few of them a few times, but it was heartening to see that most of them were really interested in what my super hero was like. I'm gaining some ground!
Today we started tutoring after school, but only 6 kids showed up. We haven't started our full after school program and the advertising for tutoring was pretty last minute, so I'm not that disappointed in the turnout. However, tiny part of me (the same part that cries at the end of Cool Runnings) was hoping for a huge number of kids. I will reach that huge number, mark my words!
I'm excited to see the numbers for after school grow as we get into the swing of things, as well as continue to see improvement in the class with the worst behavior. I will help the kids that want to learn in that class, and while I'm at it, I'll help the kids who don't want to learn.
So today was a Monday. I had a really fun weekend with lots of activities, which I will quickly rundown. Friday after work I played some basketball with Alex in a park by a Salvation Army. There's a pretty interesting crowd that gathers there, believe it or not. Then we met some friends downtown for First Friday, the shindig that happens in SA ever first Friday of the month with all sorts of live music and craft vendors. Then Saturday Alex and I did some morning Power Yoga that made me feel pretty NOT powerful. We signed up for this free week at a studio so we wanted to get our free's worth. But then there was a farmer's market going on so we noshed on some crepes and walked around the Pearl Brewery Area, which was really pretty awesome! Then some people came over that night and went swimming with Shelby and I at our apartment pool, we went out for Thai food (and bubble tea!!) and chilled out while watching an episode of Will & Grace. Sunday, Shelby, Ryan, and I went to church and then the pastor and her family took us out to lunch at Fidelo's, which may have been the best Mexican food I've had since I've been here--and that's saying a lot. Then I went back downtown for a pushcart derby that was happening, which wasn't as exciting as the flyer made it sound, but still worth seeing. I then did laundry and called my family. A great relaxing weekend!
So now that we have that out of the way, it's safe to say that Monday was a little hard to get back in the swing of working at school. There were some great parts though!
Josue has been cheering outside with us in the mornings for the last couple days! He chose to stay outside and give high fives with me rather than go inside with the other sixth graders because there's another boy that he can't seem to get along with. I told him it was a good idea to stay farther away from him, because they're both my friends and I don't want them getting into trouble. And he really kind of likes the cheers! He was singing one of them in class.
Also, we're writing imaginative stories in my teacher's class. The students are making up super heroes and giving them 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses. So my teacher asked me to make one up so we could both use ours as an example. I made one up--his name is Mr. Popular, and he's shockingly very closely relatable to most of my students. The best part was when I offered to share my super hero with the class, they all stayed quiet. Even the class with the terrible behavior! I had to remind a few of them a few times, but it was heartening to see that most of them were really interested in what my super hero was like. I'm gaining some ground!
Today we started tutoring after school, but only 6 kids showed up. We haven't started our full after school program and the advertising for tutoring was pretty last minute, so I'm not that disappointed in the turnout. However, tiny part of me (the same part that cries at the end of Cool Runnings) was hoping for a huge number of kids. I will reach that huge number, mark my words!
I'm excited to see the numbers for after school grow as we get into the swing of things, as well as continue to see improvement in the class with the worst behavior. I will help the kids that want to learn in that class, and while I'm at it, I'll help the kids who don't want to learn.
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