Last weekend we moved from Sacramento to Rexburg into our brand new apartment. We are pretty excited about being the first people to ever live in our place. The carpet is nice, we have granite counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom, the main wall in the family room is a gold color, and the kitchen, closets and bedrooms are much bigger than our last apartment in Rexburg. Most importantly we are paying less than we did at our previous complex. More bang for our buck.
Besides moving into our new place Mike still wants to get a few more sales in before fall semester starts, so he is in Denver right now working and staying with his parents. Meanwhile I started my student teaching at Highland High school in Pocatello this week. School officially starts on Monday but this week I have been attending teacher meetings. I am not to excited about the two hour commute (1 hr. there and 1 hr. back), but you do what you have to do right?
So my coordinating teacher is an interesting guy and so far I really like him. He is 59, Polynesian, an Idaho State Legislator, has been a teacher for thirty-some-odd years, and is extremely easygoing. Oh and his wife just passed away from cancer last May and I feel so bad for him. He took last year off to take care of his wife and now he is just trying get by without her. Can you imagine? Poor guy. You can just see the pain in his eyes.
Anyway, since he is going through the hardest trial of his life I think he is not too enthused about the school year, and I completely understand why he wouldn't be. So he basically told me that I am free to run the class and teach the lessons how I want. I wanted to have a heart attack when he told me that. I have very little experience teaching and now I am in charge of three courses of U.S. Government and a Current Events class to high school seniors! Yikes! It's such a surreal experience because it wasn't that long ago that I was in high school.
To make matters even more stressful he won't even be there on the first day of class! I will be running the show SOLO! Thankfully I substitute taught for a semester so I do have some experience having a classroom to myself, but I am still nervous. Sunday is going to be a pretty sleepless night for me but whatever....I will get through it. Thirteen weeks and then I will be a certified high school history and art teacher. Its totally worth it but it is going to be intense.
Any of your teachers have advice for me??? I need all the help I can get!
2 years ago
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sounds like your new apt will be nice! More bang for your buck is always a plus :)
That poor guy! Well I'm sure you will do GREAT. I can see you being an awesome teacher. I on the other hand, would be terrified to teach high school. I don't know why. Maybe because I feel like I look like I should still be in High School so they probably wouldn't take me serious? haha. I dont know. But good luck!! I know you will do great & it will be worth it!
Oh...you are going to get hit on so badly! My mom taught H.S. when she was 21 and she was always getting asked out and getting wierd notes. You are really personable and nice though and I bet you can be tough too so you'll do good! I never taught high school but I was put in charge of the biology labs in college for few semesters when we had a change of teachers--I had another assistant to help though--so it's a little diff. it was a hard balance between being their friends and being a teacher.
Les!! oh my goodness, ya i would be kinda nervous too if the teacher wasnt there the first day but you are right you can totally do it! you have done this before and you are going to do such a good job. im soo excited for ya! miss you guys!
Leslie you will be awesome. I have seen you teach a lot of classes for church and I am sure they will not only love that their student teacher is hot, but probably a lot more interesting than the guy. Enjoy! Don't stress - You will be great!
oh good so your are alrady back!! we are here at least until april. we graduate then but we might stay for the summer just depending on where jordan does his internship. we will have to get together. where are you living??
pictures! i want pictures of your new place!
wow! that would b intense les! if anyone can do it's you!!! i hope your first day went well :) you are going to kill it!!! i miss you girl and MAYBE, probably not but MAYBE we can see you next week. We are flying into IF Mon night (our 2 yr!) and then early Tues driving to Boise. If there is any possible way i'll call you. BUT I need your number!? My old ohone with your number is gone and i deleted my fb! K! LOVES.
I'm so excited for you! High school is awesome, and I think you'll like having so much freedom in the classroom.
The government/history teacher at my school sets up an edublog with her students. Every Friday she posts a current event, and they have until the following Friday night to post their thoughts about it and comment on two other posts. She said it's awesome because the kids who are too afraid to voice their opinions in class are the ones who share the most on the blog.
GOOD LUCK!
LES! hey girl- sorry we didn't get to say good-bye to you guys...the last week we had in the burg was really stressful with moving and it sounds like you had a lot going on too with your new teaching job. Hope everything went ok for the first week and that you're still enjoying it now! I bet you are an awesome teacher and I can't wait to catch up with you and hear how life is...Miss you guys!! we love denver, but the change is total different and we are still getting used to it. Cody loves his internship and now I just need to find a job :) haha easier said than done, but we'll see. take care! talk to you soon xoxo
LES-
1st- update yo bloooog guuurrrl.
2nd- i need your number guuuurrrl. my phone=gone. my new number 2082011255. i would like to call you and chat and catch up.
3rd- i need to know how student teaching is going.
4th-i just miss your dang beautiful face.
5th- tell mike we say HI.
6th- i misssssss you! we need to have a reunion....sooo bad. maybe that means you should get preggers so we can have another shower. SOMEONE get preggers. ...Wait. Not Tara though ;)
XOOXOXOOO
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