Week one of Institute: finished!
It feels great having gotten 20% through my Institute training. The regions represented here are Phoenix, South Louisiana (SLA), and Greater New Orleans (GNO). We've all been put into groups at various school sites around Phoenix where we'll be teaching summer school. I'm at Davis, and there are probably 100ish people placed there. I'll be co-teaching a kindergarten classroom with 3 other girls. We all break up the work (ie I'm doing math this week) and teach separately. My lesson plans went pretty well, according to my advisor, but I'm looking forward to revamping them and revising them tomorrow.
It continues to be beautiful here, although it rained for about a minute yesterday, which was weird. It's not monsoon season yet, but it's my understanding that it's coming up in the next few weeks. That will be interesting!
Last night I drank a lot with my friends Alex, Dan, and Clint. Alex is a girl, but otherwise most of the friends I'm making here are guys. It's just easier that way. We went to The Vine, a bar that is basically always inundated with TFA kids looking for a break. $3 cover, $1 drinks--that counts EVERYTHING! Ah! Anyhow, I got pretty drunk and woke up at 6AM this morning on top of my bed, in my jeans, contacts still in. Unfortunate. I literally passed out immediately upon entering my room when I got back last night. I'm not surprised!
Things are going well. Today was a lazy hang over day. Tomorrow demands lots of catching up, but there are some good work spots at ASU that I look forward to checking out. I feel like it's exam week. So much to do. I'm realizing I never fully appreciated the job of a teacher. It's tough.
Okay, bed by 11:20. Waking up at 8ish for a shower. And then getting to work (I know you guys miss my verbal to do lists!)
I miss you all. Big hugs to everyone. <3
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Monsoon season? Where exactly are you living??
ReplyDeleteSounds like The Vine is the new O'Rielly's (but cheaper!). I approve. I also approve of the wonderful phone call we got from you that night, haha. So mostly guy friends, huh? Anybody particularly interesting?
Miss you too, dear. Hope you manage to get some sleep now and again. Big hug right back :)