Back into the Fire

T5B: 1) I remembered my lunch and my shoes. 2) I got to talk to Jerod a little bit. 3) My classes all ended up being ok and my new lesson went pretty well. 4) Even though I got chills every now and then the teacher's room at the school averaged 7 degrees warmer than my apartment. It was really nice! (23-24°) 5) I counted and as it stands right now, (because of testing and things) I have only 34 teachings days left. I can do this, I can do this, I can do this! I only have to feel like I'm burning a candle at both ends for 2-17s! (34 days :D)

basal temp: completely forgot to take it :c

Morning:
- I slept less than five hours and woke up before my alarm (rough morning)
- got in extra scripture reading time (thought I would need it)
- got to my bus on time and found out my bus card had enough money to get to me and from school (luckily - I meant to bring money and forgot)
- I remembered my lunch and my shoes (big victory for me considering my braindeaded-ness)
1st - AWFUL morning at school, cried in the locker room and another teacher tried to comfort me when she found me (asked questions none of which I understood)
2nd - hauled buns to get my worksheets and materials ready for the next class
3rd - taught 2.5, went pretty well
4th - planned and created a new worksheet for Thursday (as much as I could do - missing some of the kanji :/)

Notes: I survived! And that's the way I was feeling when lunch came on - plus dread for my two toughest (on me) classes. -- I said went "pretty well" because everything was going great then at the end of class these boys starting mocking everything I was saying. It was definitely not fun for me. :/ I smiled but I feel like it was a tremulous smile. Still, I survived!

Afternoon:
- ate lunch, it was awesome - got to talk to Jerod a little bit
5th - taught 2.4, went fairly well
6th - taught 1.6, went ok
7th - worked on plans and scheduling and future lessons
- the bus was warm

Notes: 2.4 was just ... well a handful of the students are just belligerent. So the lesson went fairly well because most of the students actually did the worksheet rather than the 1/3rd or 1/2 I usually get. -- 1.6 is like a hurricane or a tornado or how I imagine one must be. It's just a disaster zone and you ride it out. I had one big success with a student who usually only writes his name on his worksheet actually completing most of it. I had to coach him a lot, but I hope that next time he will of his own accord just try. When I collected worksheets I found out that about half of them didn't do ANYTHING. A handful didn't even bother to write their names on their paper. :/ Still, it went ok. We all made it out alive. They were at least kinder than the other class. I'm just glad today is over.

Evening:
- had garlic rice for dinner
- read a little bit
- got to talk to Jerod
- EXHAUSTED

Notes: Today started crappy and ended much better. I'm still feeling trepidation for tomorrow because I'm so exhausted. Yeesh. Hope you're all getting sleep! It helps A LOT! XOXO, A

A student made me laugh today with their drawings!