Well I'm finally caught up on all the paper grading, even got it in the computer! Last Thursday the Dean of Students came and spoke to my classes, well actually she called them out!!! She is my new hero, she let um have it and God help the ones that came in late! It was AWESOME!!! She basically told them to get over themselves because if they couldn't get an A in my class they won't ever pass classes in their majors, hahaha!!! My first class of students true to their idiot form actually had the nerve to talk back to her and one even said that he should be allowed to come in late because he pays my salary with his tuition! Oh no he didn't you say, but oh yes he did! Narcissism? Oh I think so. She didn't set out to cut them down to size but they just served themselves right up for it!!! After she left one of them said "That was harsh!" to which I replied , "No that was reality, wake up people many of you are failing!" IDIOTS!!! My other 2 classes are better but that 11:30 class is seriously deluded. I also got my review on Thursday. Overall it was really good, I told Russ that I only got a VERY GOOD rating when I wanted an EXCELLENT, he called me an overachiever. Rachel you understand and next time I will be EXCELLENT!
Yesterday we went to Aiken SC, a little town about 30 min from here. Russ went in the Yamaha shop there and then we hit the cute downtown area. we strolled around, looked in some art galleries and I even found a cute new clothes shop. Of course I can spend money anywhere! it was a beautiful day and lots of fun. Later today we're going to take Ellie for a walk in the park.
Okay now time for some deep thoughts. I've been feeling really down about the possibility of no teaching next semester, despite my comments I do love to teach and connect with students. I know that this is what I'm supposed to do with my life, I've never been happier than when I stepped into my classroom to start my student teaching. I worked so long and hard to get there and now to finally be doing it and getting paid is just a dream come true. I think that sometimes we can lose sight of our dream when we are faced with overwhelming amounts of work, barriers that seem impassable or just plain stupid people but in the end putting up with all of that and overcoming challenges just makes the reality even sweeter. I love knowing who I am and what I am doing with my life and I'm not going to let that feeling slip away just because part time faculty doesn't work in the spring!
Have a great day everybody, take care and enjoy the journey! Love you
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ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. Ah, student ego. On some degree I can understand where he's coming from because I felt that way at Blinn. I didn't always appreciate the attendance policy when I was paying to go there, but that still didn't mean that I went around thinking I own the place. That isn't going to get any favors and basically you're paying for the privilege to attend and educate yourself. And I agree with her, if you're FAILING a college success course....you should just quit then because you're obviously not suited for academia.
I'm glad that you're staying optimistic even though next semester is going to suck for you. Are you coming back in the summer? Think of it as a mini-vacation to get some good tutoring or reading out of the way - or to plan horrendous homework assignments for your next class ;)
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Reminds me of what happened to all the junior Airframers this past week. We were put in our shop, the doors were closed, then our LPO came in and bitched everyone out for not having their quals. And I mean bitched.
ReplyDeleteI tried not to take it to badly, though. I've only been there a cold minute, not nearly any time to get anything. Besides, I'm working on it.