Friday, July 14, 2006
teacher's log, stardate 140706
i survived the first week in my new job
my first day was ok, ending on a yr8 maths period 4 was hard
understandably they were almost climbing the walls
they were so excited to have a new teacher they couldn't control themselves
they have been in the habit of being extremely rude to new teachers, especially supply (i.e. substitute teachers)
the other senior classes have been fine, infact they've been fantastic, lots of fun talking about areas under curves and integrating, arithmetic progressions, house plans and the like.
thursday with the 8s was ok in period 3, period 4 was horrendous. i've never felt so stressed and exhausted before in my life. i was thinking i couldn't really be a teacher after all. i didn't seem to have what it takes.
but then today i had the 8s in p3 and having spoken to the hod about starting some behaviour plans, and their previous teacher about what i could do, we had two of the ringleaders removed for the lesson and a much better lesson was had by all. i was able to get through some notes that we'd been struggling through, and onto some good practice exercises. finally some of the students understood that i was not about to go away and was there to help them, and we got down to some work and helping them out with their understanding. it was wonderful. i felt like teaching again. i'm going to hammer them next week.
my first day was ok, ending on a yr8 maths period 4 was hard
understandably they were almost climbing the walls
they were so excited to have a new teacher they couldn't control themselves
they have been in the habit of being extremely rude to new teachers, especially supply (i.e. substitute teachers)
the other senior classes have been fine, infact they've been fantastic, lots of fun talking about areas under curves and integrating, arithmetic progressions, house plans and the like.
thursday with the 8s was ok in period 3, period 4 was horrendous. i've never felt so stressed and exhausted before in my life. i was thinking i couldn't really be a teacher after all. i didn't seem to have what it takes.
but then today i had the 8s in p3 and having spoken to the hod about starting some behaviour plans, and their previous teacher about what i could do, we had two of the ringleaders removed for the lesson and a much better lesson was had by all. i was able to get through some notes that we'd been struggling through, and onto some good practice exercises. finally some of the students understood that i was not about to go away and was there to help them, and we got down to some work and helping them out with their understanding. it was wonderful. i felt like teaching again. i'm going to hammer them next week.
# posted by marvin @ 4:31 PM 
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Well done! It was good that you didn't just get overwhelmed, but went to someone for advice on how to beat them!
believe me, i was still overwhelmed. i only just made the end of the week with a grain of sanity left over.
gratz on surviving with at least a grain of sanity - thats a lot better than none, or a mote, or a spec - so it sounds like you did really well :)
and i hope that the end of this week leaves you with at least 2 or 3 grains of sanity - by the end of term, you may have regained whole handfuls of sanity (clearly i havn't)
goodluck with them all :)
and i hope that the end of this week leaves you with at least 2 or 3 grains of sanity - by the end of term, you may have regained whole handfuls of sanity (clearly i havn't)
goodluck with them all :)
i like your idea, regain a few grains at a time. that's all it takes really. i'll post another report when i finish this week, got another 3 classes to go with them and 6 detentions to serve out tomorrow.
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