Thank GOD for Fridays. Never have I loved Fridays more than since I have started student teaching. It's not that my student teaching is hellish and I can't wait to leave at the end of the day--in fact, most of my days are quite good--but I just really REALLY look forward to coming home, putting on my PJs and sitting on my duff for a while. I love the freedom of not having something to do.
Today has been a particularly uneventful Friday with the exception of the tornado watch we were under at the end of the day. I had a meeting with my principal at 2, and after the meeting was over at 2:55 (ten minutes before we are supposed to dismiss the kids), one of the staff members came and said that there was a tornado watch in two neighboring counties. The buses had already arrived, but I suddenly had the fear that they might decide to hold the kids until the warning passed. This has happened before, and the kids have stayed at school till 6 PM. I found myself having visions of a ruined Friday night for me, until the administration finally decided to let to kids get on their buses five minutes late. (Maybe not the most responsible move... I mean how safe are you from a tornado on a school bus anyway?)
I realized today as I was leaving school that today has been the most drama-free day I have had yet in my student teaching. I didn't have to yell at any chumps or get any jokers in line (I'm using my supervising teacher's words here). In middle school teaching, I have learned that drama is just a part of classroom management. But today was a welcome change!
Monday is Read Across America Day (AKA: Dr. Seuss' birthday), and I am reading Green Eggs and Ham to my 7th graders and then using it to teach a grammar lesson. Let's hope it goes well!
As I write, I am expecting the arrival of my beautiful sister Randi! We are going to Birmingham tomorrow to look at wedding shoes (and whatever else we fancy!).
A music related thought: I think The Killers have written their best song yet: Dustland Fairytale. I've always liked The Killers' sound, but I guess I've never been particularly moved by Brandon Flower's lyrics until this song. I actually tear up when I listen to it. It's not surprising, I guess, because lately everything makes me cry! It's been a hard couple of weeks in my family and for Robert, but I think this song reminds me never to stop believing in God's plan for all of us. Anyway, check it out if you wish! I love the song and it has meant a lot to me these last few weeks.
A change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire.
She said she always knew he'd come around.
And the decades disappear
Like sinking ships but we persevere.
God gives us hope but we still fear what we don't know.
Your mind is poisoned.
Castles in the sky, sit stranded, vandalized.
The drawbridge is closing.
Saw Cinderella in a party dress,
But she was looking for a nightgown.
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands,
He's getting ready for the showdown.
I saw the ending when they turned the page,
I threw my money and I ran away.
Sent to the valley of the great divide
Out where the dreams all hide.
Out where the wind don't blow,
Out here the good girls die.
And the sky moves slow
Out here the bird don't sing
Out here the field don't blow
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the good girls die
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep,
it's such a bitter form of refuge.
Now don't you know the kingdom's under siege
And everybody needs you?
Is there still magic in the midnight sun,
Or did you leave it back in '61,
In the cadence of a young man's eyes,
Out where the dreams all hide?
Today has been a particularly uneventful Friday with the exception of the tornado watch we were under at the end of the day. I had a meeting with my principal at 2, and after the meeting was over at 2:55 (ten minutes before we are supposed to dismiss the kids), one of the staff members came and said that there was a tornado watch in two neighboring counties. The buses had already arrived, but I suddenly had the fear that they might decide to hold the kids until the warning passed. This has happened before, and the kids have stayed at school till 6 PM. I found myself having visions of a ruined Friday night for me, until the administration finally decided to let to kids get on their buses five minutes late. (Maybe not the most responsible move... I mean how safe are you from a tornado on a school bus anyway?)
I realized today as I was leaving school that today has been the most drama-free day I have had yet in my student teaching. I didn't have to yell at any chumps or get any jokers in line (I'm using my supervising teacher's words here). In middle school teaching, I have learned that drama is just a part of classroom management. But today was a welcome change!
Monday is Read Across America Day (AKA: Dr. Seuss' birthday), and I am reading Green Eggs and Ham to my 7th graders and then using it to teach a grammar lesson. Let's hope it goes well!
As I write, I am expecting the arrival of my beautiful sister Randi! We are going to Birmingham tomorrow to look at wedding shoes (and whatever else we fancy!).
A music related thought: I think The Killers have written their best song yet: Dustland Fairytale. I've always liked The Killers' sound, but I guess I've never been particularly moved by Brandon Flower's lyrics until this song. I actually tear up when I listen to it. It's not surprising, I guess, because lately everything makes me cry! It's been a hard couple of weeks in my family and for Robert, but I think this song reminds me never to stop believing in God's plan for all of us. Anyway, check it out if you wish! I love the song and it has meant a lot to me these last few weeks.
A change came in disguise of revelation, set his soul on fire.
She said she always knew he'd come around.
And the decades disappear
Like sinking ships but we persevere.
God gives us hope but we still fear what we don't know.
Your mind is poisoned.
Castles in the sky, sit stranded, vandalized.
The drawbridge is closing.
Saw Cinderella in a party dress,
But she was looking for a nightgown.
I saw the devil wrapping up his hands,
He's getting ready for the showdown.
I saw the ending when they turned the page,
I threw my money and I ran away.
Sent to the valley of the great divide
Out where the dreams all hide.
Out where the wind don't blow,
Out here the good girls die.
And the sky moves slow
Out here the bird don't sing
Out here the field don't blow
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the bell don't ring
Out here the good girls die
Now Cinderella don't you go to sleep,
it's such a bitter form of refuge.
Now don't you know the kingdom's under siege
And everybody needs you?
Is there still magic in the midnight sun,
Or did you leave it back in '61,
In the cadence of a young man's eyes,
Out where the dreams all hide?
I love Friday's...you will find that once you start teaching and you are married. That you don't want to go out with anyone on a regular basis on Fridays and you want to just hang out with Rob :) Wish I could have hung out with you and ran!