About to be a professional...
What a roller-coaster it's been this summer.
So, I left off on the last post with the whole "I'm going to be a teacher this summer." That whole institute experience came and went pretty quickly. I taught 7th grade english for 5 weeks and learned a bunch, the most important lessons revolving around classroom management techniques and procedural reinforcement for the classroom. I had one girl that was almost the bane of my existence, yet she was obviously the one who needed the most help overall from an educational standpoint. She ended up doing well on the final assessment, which was good, but yeah..it certainly was a trial by fire. Imagine me, goofy, tie not quite tied on straight, heading into a room with 7th graders that have a pretty good sense of what's going on and trying to teach such abstract concepts as "mood" and "tone" to these kids.
I made through it though, and have vowed that I will probably never return to Houston again intentionally. Seriously though, the city wasn't my favorite place. Roads were terrible, constant traffic, and there aren't any zoning laws in the city. So you'd have random skyscrapers in the most off-the-wall places (like the Galleria). Downtown was a sterile place (they call it the "skyline" district), and the weather was much too hot and humid to even think about leaving my ac temperature controlled dorm room in the towers I was living. Sanity came from my other corps members. The people I am and will be working with in the future are truly amazing and inspirational. They all have their own reasons for joining TFA and all will be excellent teachers. The Delta crew, in particular, are an inspired group. During institute we had many events to keep us sane, like the famous club '816' where we danced on couch beds and listened to old 90s music.
Now i find myself at my site in Lake village, AR. It's a pretty big trip to be here, but the town is beautiful and the lake is luke-warm. There are also lots of mosquitos.
I'll post a more coherent update in a few days, but though I should update this. Also, I read Adam's blog and realized how far I've fallen with original and intriguing blog posts.
Cheers,
-nate
So, I left off on the last post with the whole "I'm going to be a teacher this summer." That whole institute experience came and went pretty quickly. I taught 7th grade english for 5 weeks and learned a bunch, the most important lessons revolving around classroom management techniques and procedural reinforcement for the classroom. I had one girl that was almost the bane of my existence, yet she was obviously the one who needed the most help overall from an educational standpoint. She ended up doing well on the final assessment, which was good, but yeah..it certainly was a trial by fire. Imagine me, goofy, tie not quite tied on straight, heading into a room with 7th graders that have a pretty good sense of what's going on and trying to teach such abstract concepts as "mood" and "tone" to these kids.
I made through it though, and have vowed that I will probably never return to Houston again intentionally. Seriously though, the city wasn't my favorite place. Roads were terrible, constant traffic, and there aren't any zoning laws in the city. So you'd have random skyscrapers in the most off-the-wall places (like the Galleria). Downtown was a sterile place (they call it the "skyline" district), and the weather was much too hot and humid to even think about leaving my ac temperature controlled dorm room in the towers I was living. Sanity came from my other corps members. The people I am and will be working with in the future are truly amazing and inspirational. They all have their own reasons for joining TFA and all will be excellent teachers. The Delta crew, in particular, are an inspired group. During institute we had many events to keep us sane, like the famous club '816' where we danced on couch beds and listened to old 90s music.
Now i find myself at my site in Lake village, AR. It's a pretty big trip to be here, but the town is beautiful and the lake is luke-warm. There are also lots of mosquitos.
I'll post a more coherent update in a few days, but though I should update this. Also, I read Adam's blog and realized how far I've fallen with original and intriguing blog posts.
Cheers,
-nate
posted by Nate at
12:21 AM
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Domo Arigato Gozaimashita. (Thank you very much, someone who is compared to me the emperor that has allowed me to continue my humble life on this planet)
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