Student Teaching and stuff

I just realized this is my first post of the new year.
I'm a lil bit late.
so HAPPY NEW YEAR.

2011 has been off to a great start. I've begun my student teaching at ETHS, and I'm really loving it.
There's so much I can talk about my student teaching so far, even though it's only the 3rd week (7 to go). One thing I love it that I'm finally doing what I've been wanting to do for so long: TEACH. Like last week, after talking with my mentor teacher about how I did in the morning. I just felt really happy. This was possibly the happiest I've been in awhile. All because I'm doing what I wanna do with my life, and not taking STUPID classes. Unfortunately I'll be back to 'college life' come spring quarter, but I'm deciding not to think about that or I'll get all depressed and stuff.

Otherwise I'm really enjoying it. The kids are great and hilarious. For instance, I've seen a girl pull a pass outta of  her bra, and a  kid chew on a wad of paper. There should be more hilarious things to come. Stay tuned. The students are really cool. I'm teaching a Geom H class, all freshman, mostly white, and 3 Algebra 2 Regular class, culturally mixed . and it's been interesting seeing the differences. Honors kids are a lot more self-motivated. Like you give them a problem and they immediately start working on it. Whereas in the other classes you definitely have to nudge them along, sometimes ya gotta do a little more than nudge. But it's an experience nevertheless. I'm enjoy the challenge. I think this is one of the main differences between regular and honors. I don't think it has anything to do with intellect but more so motivation, like who cares more about learning it seems. Not to say that regular students don't care it just seems from my experience they just don't want to anything, and this could stem from plenty of things I'm sure, especially in relations to mathematics. But anyhoo it'll be interestin seeing the difference between the classes, over the quarter.

I haven't taken over any classes yet. That comes in about 2 weeks, after the students are done with finals, ya see ETHS is on the weird system, but it works out okay for me I suppose. It's gonna be really interesting teaching though 5 classes alone because I'm currently co-teaching 4 of them, which is really great, because I can interact with the students get to know them, and instruct them as well. But it'll be interesting having that full load of classes, and having to do so much preparation, like I already know Ima be dead tired. Literally, there's like so much left to this quarter it redunkulous. But I'll get through it and be fine.

Also my mentor teachers are really great. Peter's awesome, even though he's a little reluctant about letting his class into my hands because I'm probably gonna mess them up and confuse them. But there's nothing I can really do but my best, and it's not gonna be perfect and I'm okay with that for now. Maryjoy though is also awesome, she reminds me alot of myself and we get along pretty well. She just had a baby in October so she's really more focused on him (his name is Theo, I'll get to see him Wednesday next we hopefully!) than on school when she's not at school. Which to me, is totally understandable, it just might make some things kinda of difficult to do. But as usual I'll be okay, I'm a big boy. Ummmm yeah I love my mentors, they have been so awesome.

so basically, Monday through Friday
I wake up a 6am outta the door by 640,645 because i take my shower the night before. take the cta purple line from noyes to davis.this involves me waiting usually like 5 mins which sometimes might look like this.

 i then take 93 bus from davis to the school (it literally drops me off right in front of the school) then I'm at the school until about 430, 5. so it's pretty long days. Basically I'm working, without getting paid. Actually I'm paying someone else to work. It's really great. But the experience I'm  is priceless gaining in my mind.

But as I've said like a million times by now I really love my student teaching experience so far. Mainly cuz I'm doing my thug thiz.

Okay so I honestly don't know how much I will updates bout student teaching or general life problems or randomocity, prolly not much, but you'll be alright. I know.
Yes this is it.

PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE

Bloggy McBlog Blog Blogerstein

wow. guess i don't like to update it anymore
"it's just because i'm so busy"
"it's because i'm so lazy"

well not really, i guess it's more because voicing my opinion about random things don't really appease me anymore as much as they used to.....or is it because I really have nothing interesting to talk about in my life......or is it because I do I have stuff I want to share, but I don't want to share??.......

whatever the reason, the number of my updations are going down in comparison to a year from now (for instance, this is the second one for the month of september)
and since skool starts in 2 days, there's not telling whats gonna happen with this here blog...

but speaking of school,
classes start on Tuesday, but I just realized I won't actually have class until Wednesday  : ) . But on Tuesday I'll be going to ETHS to start my observation, so basically I'll be in class, just not a college one. I'm really looking forward to it. I don't really know what to expect, I mean I have some clue, but what will the students be like? How will my mentor teacher's style differ from my ever-developing style? How will this change my life and my career? Will it even be interesting or will I be bored outta my mind sitting in a high school class?? Idk.  but we'll see....

okay that's kinda it.
Random Picture Time?!
(I haven't done that in awhile)

TOO FAR. smh.

that tis all
PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE!!!

Back in E-town

I really don't feel like updating so I'll just make this one quick.
But um.... I'm Back in E-town, nice to be back.
Basically what's happened since last time I updated: Hung out with friends. Band Camp. Football Game. 'Cats Win!. Partying ensues. Trumpet Bondage. Met mentor Teacher. Move-in.

Now NUMB 2010. Truthfully I was a little worried about this year. I felt I was going to fit in the band, cuz all the really close trumpet friends were no longer in NUMB. But by the end of the 1st day, I knew it was gonna be pretty kool. We got 22 trumpets this year and I seriously LOVE all of them. Just as they love me. It's been great, they'll definitely make this year very enjoyable. so NUMB's gonna be kool.

Mentor Teachers. Okay first let me just start off and say, ETHS is ridiculously large, like no one should have a high school that big, like i don't understand. But I met my two mentor teacher they seem pretty good. It was kinda overwhelming, because I have to do so much stuff. But I know its gonna take some time to get adjusted to the culture. I'm pretty excited though, I'll start my observation probably next week going Tuesday and Thursday, I need to find a solid mode of transportation though. Currently I'm looking at take the bus (205) which I'm really not gonna like, but ehhhh.

Also enjoy this gem of awesomeness about Chicken


I seriously wanna make this my life's anthem for about 2 weeks.
that's all
PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE

Taking a Break

from a non-existent study and homework session to do this so you betta enjoy it.

First up,
I went skating on Friday. SO MUCH FUN! Can't remember  the last time I went roller skating, but it was LONG time ago. And it came back so naturally surprisingly, but it definitely made my body hurt, esp. my legs and my back. Which made me realize how old I am, (you're thinking: "you are only 21 dude", and i know this). and I guess it also made me realize how much I skated when I was little, I mean not THAT much like I could do spins and stuff but still it was a considerable amount. I guess this came even more apparent when people my age didn't know how to skate at all ( which was quite funny, I must admit esp when they fell).

Also an annoying thing about the place we went was that, they had like a "referee" type guy ( i mean he had one the white/black striped shirt) supervising people and what not, and he kept blowing this whistle, so annoying!!. And there were this group of guys there that reminded me so much of the movie Roll Bounce, doing like tricks and spins, and crazy stuff that totally just came outta no where. I guess I just didn't know people still took it as a sporting type of thing, and it was nice to see that around.

Number 2,
Words of Advice:
Just wanna say if you can not handle your liquor then you don't need to be drinking. AND if you gonna puke, please learning the proper puking procedures, which means do it IN the toilet,  and not on the floor (that's what she said?!). but if you so happen to get puke on the floor,  the next day you should attempt clean up the puke.

It would also be best that while you are intoxicated, not to enter people's room and steal their laptops. Unless don't you mind be screamed at or forever despised as the drunken-freshman-who-steals-people-laptops boy.
i mean, i'm just saying
(btw none of this happened to me, just some words of advice).

Last but not least,
I finally found out my placement at least for the Fall: ETHS!! (Evanston Township High School). This is pretty good news, although I think any placement would've been. but um good thing about this is that it's close to campus, which means I won't have to wake up at the crack-ass of dawn (well not AS early) for stuff. Should be fun.

That 'tis all I got.
Hope you enjoyed it, if you didn't you should reconsider that.
PEACE & CHICKEN GREASE!!!