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"Happy New Year!" This time of year makes most of us look at what we accomplished over the past twelve months and assess what our goals are going to be in the year to come. If you are active ...
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I come from the generation that watched Dr. Cliff Huxtable, aka William "Bill" Henry Cosby, on television and thought he was the perfect father and family man. The problem is that was just an image. ...
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Ten Steps to Cut Calories
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Step 1. Switch to low-fat or non-fat dairy products: The best source of calcium is found in milk and milk products. Calcium is needed to keep bones strong. However, these products can ...
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HIV/AIDS Activists Push for More Funding to Address HIV/AIDS Stigma
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Douglas Brooks, the director of the Office of National AIDS Policy at the White House, delivers his keynote address at the International Conference on Stigma in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/NNPA) WASHINGTON ...
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Gov. Chris Christie is channeling Hollywood in his push for more cuts to state workers' benefits. The governor's office released a trailer Tuesday for a fake summer blockbuster movie titled, "No Pain. No Gain." The trailer features clips of Christie warning of an impending budget crisis, along with dramatic music and sound effects. The clips are cut together with scenes of explosions, car chases and even a shot of action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian waters, with no word on its fate despite several hours of searching by air and sea. AirAsia Flight 8501 vanished in airspace possibly thick with dense storm clouds, strong winds and lightning on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. Searchers had to fight against heavy rain. The Malaysia-based carrier's loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine. At the Surabaya airport, shocked family members pored over the plane's manifest, crying and embracing when they learned the news. Nearly all the passengers and crew are Indonesians, who are frequent visitors to Singapore, particularly on holidays.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, a prominent U.S.-born Israeli rabbi over the weekend compared President Barack Obama to Haman, the notorious villain from the biblical Book of Esther. "The president of the United States is lashing out at Israel just like Haman lashed out at the Jews," Riskin said according to a Jerusalem Post report on his Saturday night speech at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue. The Post reported that Riskin said he could not comprehend what might be going through Obama's mind as the president reportedly was set to make steep compromises in a negotiated deal on Iran's controversial nuclear program. "I'm not making a political statement," Riskin said according to the Post. "I'm making a Jewish statement."
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On Mayor wants more information on KU-Fritzel agreements before final approval of rec center plan
Keith Richards 2 years, 1 month ago
Seuferling/KU Endowment is beyond shady and apparently they are liars as well. What is in this agreement that caused you decide not to release the document?
Schumm, you should release the exhibits and the KU documents weeks before a vote is taken. The public deserves time to review and then make comment. To release "many of those exhibits to be completed by the time the city approves the document on second reading." is a disservice and unethical.
The price tag for the public goes continually higher, and "deal" we are receiving gets continually worse by the day.
lama 2 years, 1 month ago
Does the Public Records Act apply to KU Endowment?
Bob Forer 2 years, 1 month ago
Not exactly. K.Richards is absolutely right. All documents need to be released weeks before a vote is taken. Schumm is merely trying to placate us in putting a little lipstick on the pig.
somebodynew 2 years, 1 month ago
"Those costs are not included in the city's $25 million price tag for the project. "
And it starts before they even sign the paperwork. Why is it I have this feeling this won't be the last time we read this words if this thing moves forward ??
I am surprised that Mr. Schumm is demanding these agreements, but also agree that more time is needed to be able to read them. Plus, the City has apparently not made full disclosure of their part yet. Slow down !!!
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 2 years, 1 month ago
If it goes to a vote, you get to vote, too, and you can base that vote on whatever information turns your crank.
3up3down 2 years, 1 month ago
Make Fritzel pay his back taxes of 3 point some odd million first.
deec 2 years, 1 month ago
So can anyone avoid paying property taxes on their homes or businesses until they sell, or is that a special privilege reserved for special folks? If so, I'm sure every person in Kansas whose home has sat on the market for moths will be relieved to know they don't have to pay property tax until the home is sold.
kuguardgrl13 2 years, 1 month ago
I believe that's a policy specific to Junction City. I'd hope that Lawrence wouldn't be so stupid to have something like that in place. Or they'd at least let the developer re-zone the property if that's what will sell. Of course we're not the most intelligent when it comes to building more housing than we need.
Eileen Jones 2 years, 1 month ago
Good point. Why are we even considering doing business with a man who left another city in the lurch and in debt?
Cant_have_it_both_ways 2 years, 1 month ago
It would suprise you if you knew who was in the investment group.
Missingit 2 years, 1 month ago
The more and more I read this my concern is this infrastructure. It seem like Lawrence could fall victim to the Fritzels the way Junction City did. Since this is a no bid I bet he charges the city an extra 2-4 million for infrastructure compared to a bid process and then the great deal becomes more of a rip off Nd the rec center has to be downside to pay for the cot over runs. I bet Junction City felt like the houses Fritzels built were gonna be a good deal as well
Missingit 2 years, 1 month ago
That's cost over runs sorry about that
deec 2 years, 1 month ago
If the government is paying for your house, then yeah. They should.
jhawk1998 2 years, 1 month ago
A sale item is only a good deal if you were going to buy it anyway. In this case the city is being convinced of something it had not previously determined we needed. Regardless of the hard sell this doesn't fit into the city plans. This impromptu long-term planning needs to stop.
deec 2 years, 1 month ago
And don't forget the annual cost overruns on operating costs. I seem to remember that it will be about a million a year to run, and the sales tax revenue will be $350,000 short.
Hadley_says 2 years, 1 month ago
If there isn't something noxious in the KUEA-Fritzel agreement, it would have already been released.
I hope the commissioners would start to understand this. This thing needs to be examined and discussed in the community before any so-called second-reading of the ordinance.
jack22 2 years, 1 month ago
The car analogy I was thinking of goes something like this. A family has saved to buy a new car and they decide to treat themselves to a more expensive car. The car is priced at $25,000, but the seller is adamant that it's true value is at least $35,000. After several days of negotiation the buyer decides to negotiate a deal that he feels will benefit everyone. The seller agrees to pay $30,000 cash for the car and the seller for his part gets full use of the car on weekends. It's no wonder Fritzel loves Lawrence, our city leaders have no negotiating skills. When the city is putting so much money into developing his land we should have more negotiating room to demand that the needed land and much of the building cost be paid for by the developer, not the city. Let me put it this way, when you took your wife out for Valentine's Day did you ask her to pay for it? No, because it's not really a gift when the recipient has to pay for it.
lunacydetector 2 years, 1 month ago
i might be more comfortable if the whole deal wasn't so confusing, expensive and how elected and appointed government officials have been pushing so hard for this thing to happen.
i guess we're supposed to turn a blind eye. the library boondoggle is hard enough to stomach.
jack22 2 years, 1 month ago
I can remember my father telling me about the real estate deals that he made years ago in several different cities. In one he donated 5 of his 20 acres so the city could have a place to build a water tower and in exchange the city brought in the roads and sewers and changed his zoning to allow a mixed us of commercial and residential development. In another he proposed that he'd give the city 10 acres for soccer and baseball fields in exchange for a change in zoning from agricultural to residential so he could build houses on the remaining 40 acres. In another the city came to him with a proposal to build a distribution center on his land. The city wanted to increase their tax base and add jobs, so they built the roads, sewers, and put in the necessary street lights to bring the business there. In exchange we agreed to sell the land to a large corporation at cost, with the benefit to us being that the rest of our land was now ready for development as the city paid the cost of the needed infrastructure. All of these deals benefited both the city and the developer. In this current deal the benefit is almost entirely with the developer. If Fritzel wanted to, or if the city had any negotiating skills, he could give us the land, built the recreation center, and give both as a gift to the city. In exchange, we would bring in the streets, sewers, and other utilities, pay for the maintenance of the recreation center, and he'd still make a handsome profit when he sells or rents the remainder of the property we paid to develop.
Eileen Jones 2 years, 1 month ago
This whole project should be scrapped. The whole thing just smells.
I'd like to see a YMCA come here. Not a huge mega-center that will cost a fortune and that the city does not need and the citizens (aside from the profit-makers and Bonnie) do not want.
deec 2 years, 1 month ago
"The agreement lists 11 exhibits that are a part of the development agreement, but 10 of the 11 exhibits were left blank with the understanding that they would be filled in later. Schumm has said he expects many of those exhibits to be completed by the time the city approves the document on second reading. "
Why in the world is the city even thinking about giving first approval to a scheme that has blanks? My folks taught me to NEVER sign off on anything with a blank on it.
Bob Forer 2 years, 1 month ago
"Fritzel told the Journal-World in January that he would make the agreements public once they were finalized, but when contacted Monday, he declined to do so."
Another Fritzel lie. Yet the CC is still hell bent on pushing this through. Can it get any dirtier?
Keith 2 years, 1 month ago
By CC do you mean City Commission or Chamber of Commerce? Never mind, they're nearly identical.
irvan moore 2 years, 1 month ago
Mayor Schumm, please table this issue while we wait for the details to be made public, it is worrisome that you and the other commissioners will vote to approve a project when you admit you don't know all the relevant information. why in the world would you have a vote to approve at this time before even knowing exactly what you are voting on.
Linda Aikins 2 years, 1 month ago
OMG. Seriously? 11 pages with 10 blank; yes we'll give you the details - wait, no we won't. I can't believe that you aren't setting this completely aside and getting on with honest and up front business deals.
How does this help the city? Will it be something Joe Average can use? I am in shock that the commission would even be willing to do the ordinance on this.
Pig lipstick - couldn't have said it better.
If this goes further, not one of the current commissioners who consider passing this should be re-elected.
Michael Bennett 2 years, 1 month ago
This is becoming the new South Lawrence Trafficway...
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I found myself today doing something both nerdy and fun: I made an ffi ligature with my handwriting.
Have any of you taken from typography when you write? What types of things do you try to mimic, and has anything crashed and burned terribly?
In design school I spent about six months integrating my hand with the handwriting of sixteenth century writing master Jodocus Hondius. Of course that only made it less legible, but whatever.
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You seem to have forgotten that most of what you play with typographically originated with the hand written form. Ah history, it is a wonderful thing to rediscover.
To me the coolest hand-lettering is what's called "faux type". Like this:
Here's some more faux type:
(How many of you look at Hrant's first post, and want to fix the kerning.)
That was a slight of hand :-)
A really nice example:
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First I would want to touch it up.
It is all "lettering" Hrant, your examples are just not done with "conventional" tools. And there is nothing wrong with that.
Of course it's lettering. But the special thing about "faux type" is its intent: looking like type, not simply being some personal, spontaneous expression. And because of that it's not "painterly", it's... "builderly"? It's more thoughtful than emotional. To me that's appealing, refreshing and useful.
James, I incorporated ligatures into my writing after taking a course in calligraphy (learning how to do the cursive style of the chancery script), rather than through observing type--bitten by the pen!
So the alternative to slow and clumsy is being a nerd?!
I was bitten by Efficiency* in the womb. I ligate my handwriting -heavily- because it's faster. Plus nobody but me ever needs to read it. Just like most everybody else's handwriting in fact. (Geddit chiroheads?)
* Or was it Impatience? They look about the same in that murk.
More thoughtful than the machinations of pen/brush manipulation that is only mastered after decades of practice? Are you saying you prefer naive and dumbed down forms? Sounds to me like you prefer less than is achievable... i.e. excellence.
Nah, I just find most calligraphy deathly boring and pointless. To me
calligraphy is only useful today when it is Art - when it does not try
to be legible. Like in the work of Pierre Soulages:
There is a huge amount of abstract work going on that is inviting; but readability is critical in communication (commercially, and all that encompasses)... just as your passion/need for the redesign of the alphabet/type.
And if you want to communicate ideally, use a font.
(And the more text you're trying to communicate the
less chirographic the font should be.)
"And the more text you're trying to communicate the
less chirographic the font should be."
Agreed, readability is paramount!
Then there is the headline, the title, the logo, the title, the poster etc... where more personality is required whether it is calligraphic, lettered or Faux/scribbled.
Let the communication you are trying to achieve determine the best tool to do the job rather than choosing your favorite tool and letting it do all jobs.
I am there Chris... it just seems that others want to incarcerate all calligraphy tools.
I have no problem using type. serif, sans, calligraphy, lettering, graffiti, scribble or snot... what ever is called for! Some are more myopic :-)
Funny, I just used snot the other day for a job--I think it was a nose job :-)
I hope you did not do it on the computer... it could introduce a Rhino virus!
Good thing! I sure wouldn't want one of those boogers.
Hey, at least you could say you were going green :-)
Oh that was bad. Sorry Chris.
Don't worry, Michael, I won't start a phlegm war :-)
The spelling of the word phlegm should have caused a war all by itself. Can you imagine the Sinus Wars... The Left vs. the Right until somebody else stuck their nose in it.
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[Jul. 9th, 2011|
09:20 am
I'm going through a lot of stuff right now. It's liberating, exhilarating and terrifying but a long time coming.
I am having swings between mild despair and positivity. I am in a positive stage right now, because I feel the most ok about myself I have in memory, I think. I'm surprised at the wonderful friendships I have cultivated that are helping me through. That's a pretty cool thing to realise.
I realise all this is pretty vague right now. I hope to be more explicit in future.
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Change in posting frequency and style
[Sep. 1st, 2010|
07:05 pm
I'm going to try to start using this journal as a teaching reflection outlet. I need somewhere to vent frustrations and reflect on what's happened during the day and what I want to do better. This may not be the best place for it (I find LJ's archiving annoying), but we'll see.
This might get boring or clog up friends pages, so I thought I'd give you all a heads up.
If you'd prefer me to put that stuff on a friends filter, just comment any time. I still might occasionally post non-work related stuff (my posting is occasional enough as it is at the moment) - but mostly I'm using twitter now. This might change at any time, of course!
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[Jun. 18th, 2010|
11:27 am
I can't believe it's been nearly three months since I got my job! It's been a wonderful time. I've been sick a fair bit with viruses and infections of all kinds (kind of to be expected as a beginning Early Childhood teacher, especially in a setting where you're in such close contact with the kids). I've been feeling a bit crap about missing so much work, but I had a lovely call from my new co-teacher last night saying how much the kids miss me - apparently she got in trouble yesterday for not "pausing" a story she was reading to let a child go to the toilet - they said that "CAM always lets us pause!!". I find that really gorgeous because for one I don't always let them do that, and secondly that's the stuff they were pulling on me when I started about their old teacher ALWAYS letting them play instead of doing work etc. The first time I was sick for a few days I came back to work to find all these get well notes from them on the wall. I miss my little babies!
By far the best part about this job is the genuine relationships I can build with children. I can give hugs when they've hurt themselves or are upset, I can take the time to explain the reasons why I won't let them do something. Nearly every situation has resulted in them understanding and agreeing - kind of amazing when it's so easy to think of children as unreasonable by default (and needing to be told) in the mainstream system. We've had a few meetings about issues that have come up and they are so good at discussing their concerns and coming up with solutions (with guidance, of course).
My planning sessions on Fridays have been really valuable. I now feel cautiously confident with the process of kids learning to read. It's pretty fascinating and complex, and so exciting to teach and experience.
The other staff have been wonderful so far. They are so supportive and aware of my situation: being a beginning teacher, earning how to do Early Childhood, the first time in an alternative environment, and with a big class for this kind of system (18 kids). The parents have been by and large pretty amazing too. I have had more than one comment of "we're so glad you're here, Cam".
There have of course been rough patches - difficulties with parents, challenging children and the pressures of sometimes mixed messages about what the school is about and how they do things - nothing I'm not coping with, though.
Stable job has meant a car and a cat, as well. I need the car to get to work, unfortunately, but it's certainly opened up a lot of freedom for other times.
Also cat! He is ADORABLE. He's 14 and from an acquaintance who had to move into a retirement home. He has settled in beautifully after a few weeks of cat wee roulette and odd behaviour. Now he's just an attention-whore-cuddle-bunny who loooooves us. He's a black shorthair and looks a bit burmesey and I LOVE HIM. Pic here:
He isn't actually as big as he looks there.
Oh also! I have been performing improvised comedy. It is less comedy than it is improvised. The first week was terrifying but now it's just awesome fun. My peak so far has been as a singing bartender, solving such problems (through song) as being chased by Ninjas, being left at the altar and having an uncontrollable left hand. The solutions? Apologise for urinating in that priceless vase, marry the barfly woman next to me and have me administer acupuncture in your left buttock.
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Life update as promised
[Nov. 11th, 2009|
06:42 pm
Career stuff is going pretty well. I had a 7-week contract back in August, at a school very close by, with a delightful Year 6 class. They liked me (even the cool boys!), I liked them. The deputy principal of the school gave me a shining reference, too. I had a great time on that contract - I looked forward to going to work. I organised myself so that I did all my work at school and had evenings free. It's the most confident I've ever felt about my vocation.
This term I haven't had any contracts apart from a 6-dayer. I've been doing relief teaching but haven't really been getting as much as I would like. I thought given the schools fighting over me last term I'd be fine for work this term - maybe I need to do another drive-around, or preferably, ring-around.
The principal of the school where I do most of my relief teaching (and have done 2 contracts) told me she's very keen to have me there next year on a year-long contract. The district office has control over permanent positions, and since I haven't listed on my application form that I am willing to go anywhere in the state, I am unlikely to get a permanent position. That's fine with me. A year-long contract would be perfect. Sam is tied to Brisbane for two years with his PhD, and after that he's thinking of applying for post-doc positions overseas, so I don't know that I want to be in a permanent job at the moment.
Anyway, she says she can't guarantee anything, but she's doing everything she can. I've applied for two specific private school jobs so far, and have another couple on my things-to-do list. I'll also apply to do a Graduate Certificate in the middle years of schooling (Years 6-9 approximately) part time, in case that all falls through. I've found I really like teaching Years 5 and up, and it's an area that's becoming more common as a focus. I might do something in science or maths as well, or both, not sure yet.
I'm still weighing up what I want to do long-term. I know I want to be in education somehow, so I'm pursuing experience there (just like the beginning of the year). I have bursts of ideas often (psychology, linguistics) but I'm not ready to leave teaching yet.
Career is my focus at the moment. I'm missing socialising a bit, but that should change in upcoming weeks.
Sam and I have just booked a 6-day trek at the end of the year through the Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania. I'm really looking forward to it but have to train a bit - 15kg packs, 9km a day. I miss contact with nature and am hoping the trip will be restorative in a lot of ways. We're doing the usual family Christmas thing in Sydney, too.
This post was a bit boring. I'll try to write more often, but friends are gradually drifting away from LJ in favour of Twitter and Facebook. I have some issues with Twitter and I do a bit of cross-posting to Facebook, but I still like LJ.
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[Oct. 19th, 2009|
03:20 pm
I think I need to start journalling again. I like LJ because of the threaded comments.
Should I do a life update y/n?
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Teacher pay is a feminist issue
[Aug. 13th, 2009|
11:33 am
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The low salary of a primary school teacher is one factor causing me to rethink my involvement in the profession. I've been thinking about why teachers are paid so poorly.
Think about labour that has historically been classified as women's work: Teaching (especially early years and primary school), nursing, maintaining a home, childrearing and cleaning. All of this essential labour is still predominantly performed by women, much of it unpaid or poorly paid.
The feminist movement has seen women demand that this work be valued and, where appropriate, paid accord to its value. Australian society is behind on valuing and remunerating teaching in particular, and I suspect the historical devaluation of women's work is a contributing factor.
I'm also wondering whether the level of teacher pay at the moment is a legacy of how much women were willing to work for in the following (simplified) historical scenarios:
Young, unmarried woman teaches primary school to keep herself until she gets married
Mother of grown-up children returns to teach to keep herself occupied while husband works to keep family fed
Wife with school-aged children finds teaching has the perfect hours to supplement husband's main income
Much has changed since these scenarios became all but history. Teaching is increasingly complex. I am expected to cater to 28 individuals' emotional, academic and social needs, working almost all of the time as the sole adult in the room. Teachers must be counsellors, health professionals, parents, IT experts and special educators – not in a romanticised metaphorical sense, but in the most concrete. Who would do this job, given its status, salary and severe stressors?
The teachers I have worked with have been extremely dedicated and likely to burn out, people who do the minimum to get by, or people who lie somewhere in between. None of these positions are good for students or society. Teachers need the conditions and reward to make the profession sustain those people who are best at the job.
Society at large and the government that reflects and creates it must get past its false idea of teaching and face the reality: Teaching gives birth to every other profession. Teachers are custodians of the future in an extremely literal sense. Women aren't going to do your thankless work for peanuts any more, so start paying women (and men) to do it properly.
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To my U.S. friends
[Jun. 21st, 2009|
05:09 pm
Sam and I sometimes play guitar and flute together. For years we've giggled at the title of a medieval Scottish piece we play called "Whip my Toudie".
Now I've reached breaking point: I must know what a toudie actually is.
Google only found this article which may shed light:
but the crucial piece of information is only available to people in the US with library barcodes. Please, anyone from the U.S., help us out and bring us the light of knowledge.
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What my Year 3 students thought of me
[Apr. 30th, 2009|
07:37 pm
I gave the Year 3s some evaluation questions. Here are the most interesting answers I received. In brackets, I added what the student said when I asked the questions verbally.
Warning, contains moderate course language from a 7-year-old
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Things that have made me happy recently
[Apr. 27th, 2009|
09:03 pm
Wearing long, snuggly pyjama pants for the first time since September.
Watching Dexter with Sam and Luisa while eating rosemary chips, raspberry hearts and apple lollies.
My new couch, comfy as a big supportive cloud.
Overhearing my Year 7 boys discussing how I was the best teacher they'd had this year, then hearing them deny it and blame each other when I asked if they were talking about me.
Lending an understanding ear to friends.
Extended kitty stays on my lap.
Going crazy taking kitty photos with my new camera.
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April career update
[Apr. 12th, 2009|
08:33 pm
Thursday marked the end of a 3 week contract teaching Year 3. It was exhausting, rewarding, crazy, and I learned a lot. It was at a really great state school very close by, 30 minutes door to door when I took the bus. The principal is excellent and the staff friendly and generous - everything you could want in a school. They offered me another contract, 5 weeks at the beginning of next term with a 6/7 class. Thankfully I went to uni with the guy who taught them the majority of this term (the teacher is on personal care leave that will possibly be extended even further beyond my 5 weeks). He said you couldn't wish for a better class. I went down to introduce myself and they seemed a lovely bunch. Apparently they can't wait to have me as their teacher, especially the girls! They've had two different male teachers this year so far.
The Year 3s knocked me around a bit. I became quite fond of them, and they worked hard for me and achieved a lot. I think I was too soft on them though, at the expense of my sanity many days. I suffered constant tattling about anything from the person sitting next to them not writing neatly enough to serious bullying and nastiness. I also felt like full-time mother to 23 needy children, hearing every minute of the day it seemed about extremely minor injuries that I couldn't do anything about. I certainly tried to give my attention to students who needed it the most at any given moment, both personally and academically, and it seemed that I succeeded. I just went insane in the process, and had a few crackdowns.
Here's what I learned:
set expectations way more clearly than I think I need to - behaviourally and academically, at the beginning of each day and task.
be firmer, for my own sake
I'll write more about what I learned in my next post, where I'll share some of the feedback I got from the kids. At the end of my internship last year I gave the students a sheet asking them questions about what they learned, what was too hard, what they liked/didn't like about the work and about me as a teacher. I've found it to be so valuable, and reassuring above all. More later!
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