OK, I know I have been terrible at updating the McCabe blog this last month. It's mainly because I haven't had time. Student teaching is consuming my life. I love it though....everything but the two hour drive (to Pocatello and back every week day). I am teaching three senior level American Govt. courses and a current events class that has some immature sophomores in it. I have to throw down every now and again but it's all good. They have to know who is boss. I really do enjoy working with high school kids though. I can get them involved in some really good discussions regarding govt. policies and what not...so makes my job enjoyable. My cooperating teacher, Edgar, is the bomb. Seriously. He just lets me teach and only gives me input if I want it. Real chill and low key guy. We just chat all day long about life, politics, and whatever. No offense girls but I am really thankful I didn't get paired up with a high strung, gossipy woman for a cooperating teacher. I have heard some horror stories from a few fellow student teachers and and I always thankful how cool Edgar is.
One uncool thing about my student teaching experience is when the faculty, always women, assume I am a student. I guess this is a complement because I am short and look young. Usually when they find out I am a student teacher they say, "Oh I am sorry! I thought you were a student! Ha ha!" However, one teacher in particular chewed me out for using the faculty bathroom. When I told her I was a student teacher she exclaimed, "well then you need to wear a name tag!" Mind you this is the second time she has gotten all huffy-puffy about me using the bathroom. There were a hundred things I wanted to say to her but I just walked away. She needs to take a day off or something.
Mike has started another semester at BYU-I and is enjoying being back in school and not selling alarms in the hot California sun. He is playing on two intramural football teams and one co-ed soccer team with me. Because I am gone so much he has been really good about taking over some of the household chores like laundry and straightening up the house. Thanks babe! We don't get to spend tons of quality time together which always bums us out, but what can you do? His family came to visit two weeks ago so it was good to see them for a few days.
Other than that nothing is really new with us. I am counting down the days until I graduate! Student teaching ends Nov. 23 and I can't wait for it.
P.S. Thanks for the advice you all gave me before I started student teaching! I needed the boost!
5 comments:
Glad to hear things are going well for you guys & that you are loving student teaching. Um I know how you feel when people think you're way young. Sometimes I go to draw people's blood & they ask me how old I am or how long I've been doing it. I think some of them get freaked out. Maybe because most of them are OLD so that prob makes me look even youngER :)
les, i can't believe you are driving to pocatello every day! yuck. i guess it's good to have the wind down time on the way there, but how draining! lucky for you it's only until november. is that just before or after thanksgiving? i haven't looked at my calendar past oct. yet. love that you just walked off when that snooty teacher tried to tell you what was up. i couldn't stand teachers like that. there was one that i taught with for almost a year when i was pregnant with brennan. when i came back to show everyone brennan she said, "oh, weren't you a student teacher here last year or something?" she said it in a really condescening way. i told her no, i was the 2nd grade teacher. don't you remember seeing me at faculty meetings? duh. no one liked her;-)
Leslie I lOVE YOU! Hahaha. I love the story about the grumpy bathroom lady. People like that just crack me up! I bet you are doing sooo amazing. I wish you were my gov't teacher! Hehe. I am thinking about doing a IF party for Scentsy kind of soon so maybe I'll see you!!! I luv and miss you girl. I need to call you...but I think I still need your # again. I miss our chats! XoXoXoxoxO
Mel
LES!! i MISS YOU! WE ARE LOVING DENVER AND WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE A MONTH ALREADY. YES- WE ARE GONNA BE HERE DURING THANKSGIVING AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE LEAVING TWO WEEKS AFTER OR AT THE BEGINNING OF DEC. IF YOU & MIKE ARE HERE FOR THANKSGIVING WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GO DO SOMETHING :) SINCE WE DIDN'T WANT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO UTAH (BECAUSE WE'D BE LEAVING SO SOON AFTER THANKSGIVING) WE'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING ON A WEEKEND GET-AWAY SOMEWHERE. MAYBE TO BLACK HAWK OR A BED AND BREAKFAST SOMEWHERE HAHA I WE'RE STILL DECIDING, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN! WELL- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR STUDENT TEACHING IS GOING WELL...I LOVE THAT STORY ABOUT ALL THE TEACHERS THINKING YOU ARE A STUDENT, THAT'S CLASSIC. LIFE IS GOING GREAT FOR US AND I LOVE MY JOB AND JUST TAKING IT EASY THIS SEMESTER. WE SURE MISS YOU GUYS..TAKE CARE AND WE'LL TALK SOON XOXOX
Your student teaching sounds great, that is awesome. When your 50 you'll be glad you have such a youthful look! Anyways Greg and I are going to Denver for Christmas, So I'll be calling you when I get there! We miss you Macab's too!
Good luck on the last stretch of student teaching.
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