Well, it's 5:45pm on Friday night and I have no plans for the entire 4th of July weekend. I'm feeling pretty bummed out about it. I know I should be relishing in the relaxation, but right now I just feel drained and lonely.
Teaching today didn't go so well. I couldn't keep my students on task. They didn't take my directions seriously and one of them called me out by saying "it seems like you're getting annoyed." I really need to work on my behavior management skills. If I'm struggling at all with a class of 7 now (with 2 other adults the room), how will it be when I have a class of 25 all on my own? I know I'm not strict enough with them. I ask for things too nicely. I hate to be so demanding, but I guess I need to work on getting myself in the mindset that I am the one who knows best and they MUST listen to me 100% of the time. It's hard since I'm generally much more laid back than that - but I can see how things can quickly spiral out of control if I don't manage correctly.
Ahem, if you have free time and are lonely, you could call me...
ReplyDeleteI should update to say that I wrote this in a moment of being extremely homesick and that my weekend thus far has been great. I've been out with different groups of friends every night and have gotten some napping, shopping, laundry, and even lesson planning in as well.
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