Well, I didn't return yesterday as hoped but I'm here today. That's better than it has been in a long time! I have so much on mind tonight. I know I won't be able to sleep until I process some of it so I will attempt that now. Kevin is at an awards show tonight so I won't be able to see him. I haven't seen or really even talked to him since Sunday afternoon. We exchange a few text messages during the day, but we're both so swamped right now that it's hard to talk. He works all the time so we haven't seen each other either. Stinks. Big time. I miss him! I can't wait til March when we'll actually live in the same place. Even though I'll be up and leaving at the crack of dawn, at least I'll know he's there. That has to better than waiting on a text message, right? Gosh I hope so. I thought student teaching was a rough time for relationships. This is much tougher though. We both work all the time and we hardly ever see each other. That's insane since we live 2 minutes away from each other. But I'm up early and to bed early. He's working late and the 2 just don't mix.
Onto the next processing point. I'm so excited about our wedding. It's only 130 days (really 129 b/c today is pretty much over!). We still have work to do on the ceremony and reception but it's coming together. It doesn't sound like long but it feels like a very long wait. We will get married 6 weeks before our 7 year anniversary. Several times I've been asked how old I will be when we get married. I guess they think I'm too young... When I tell them I was 16 when we started dating, 23 doesn't seem quite so young to get married :) I've done my dating time thank you!
Now for school. Usually my class is pretty good. I have 2 native English speakers and 3 that have picked it up through home or pre-k pretty well. That makes 5 English speakers and 15 non-english speakers. Yes you read that right. Not exactly what I thought I was getting into with EL. I also didn't realize that the EL class I did all my practicum and student teaching experience with was 1st grade and that 1st graders learned A LOT of English in Kindergarten. Translate: Kindergarten EL students have no English! I don't know why I didn't realize this before I started teaching, but I figured it out very quickly the first week of school.
We have made lots of progress. I told another teacher today that I feel like I'm breaking horses. You just have to keep doing it over and over and over until they finally get it. And then you get them "trained" and class runs smoothly. However, then you inevitably have weeks like the past 2- everyone forgets everything they've learned and loses their minds! They act like they've never been in school before, never heard the rules, never heard a word of English, and act like they have no sense! That's how my past 2 weeks have been. I have no idea why. At first I thought it was Halloween candy. But Halloween has long past and the insanity continues. I don't know why; I'm just hoping it passes soon. We had a really rough day today. I told them not to come back tomorrow unless they remembered our rules and how to behave in school. I wish :)
I got a taste of an ugly reality today. I can't wrap my head around it yet but I'm just asking that you keep one of my students in your prayers. He is having a rough time and I'm doing what I can to help him, but he needs more than I can do for him. He is only 6 but having to deal with something that he shouldn't have to. He asked me today to help him and I want to more than anything. I have done what I can, but it's not enough yet.
On a happier note, I'm looking forward to going home soon for Thanksgiving. I'm ready to see my family and relax a little!!!
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