Today was not such a good day. My class was out of control
and I could not seem to get them to follow any directions. They basically made
fun of me and my discipline system for the entire class. Would not be silent
during independent work. Talked back to me and would not follow directions.
Basically the entire class was an entire joke and I’m not sure that they
learned much of anything. It was really discouraging and disappointing because
yesterday had gone well and I was hoping for continual improvement. I feel like
honestly they just don’t care and don’t grasp the importance of having
classroom rule, be respectful and really caring about their education. I am
going to have to come up with some new methods of classroom management because
toady I was just counting down the minutes until the class was over. Edwin,
Eric, and Thomas are my biggest trouble makes and they took over the classroom.
My classroom. I even had three students who turned in the quiz and had crossed
through the quiz and drawn all over it…obviously they thought we were in art
class instead of English class. It probably didn’t help that last night I was
up really late working on lesson plans and trying to study and that my body
seems to be crashing along with some of my motivation and energy. I want the
lessons I teach to be fun but it is hard to cover so much information and keep
all 22 students interested. I have a mandatory study session for my social
studies exam tonight from 6:00-8:00. I won’t get back to Rice until 5:30 so I
won’t have much free time to grab dinner or do much of anything. I am already
looking forward to the weekend. It had just been a rough day. This whole
process just feel like a big test…Teach for America just gives us so many
deadlines and different documents do at specific times that it can be very
overwhelming. Okay well off to work some more…will write soon!
Love,
Molly
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