OK, so some days I am on fire, some days I’m not. I got used to that idea a long time ago. Still, there are days you just want to go “RARGH!” and make your way to the nearest stein of whatever it is that makes you feel better on days you need to go “RARGH"!”
Today was such a day.
I am posting this on my Math blog because I always have the Math aspect of things at the crosshairs of whatever is going on for me on a given day, whether it’s the classes themselves, my co-workers, or the St John’s class. So.
I have been struggling with my Geometry class for a few weeks now – how to make this course seem relevant, and worse, how do I tie in that #% World Savvy project in a way that makes me give more than half a damn? I am simply tired of it, is all.
The Integrated Algebra class, normally fun, was like sludging through molasses. Dead class, entirely my fault, because usually this is my best class of the three I teach at Middle College. Best in the sense of fun, at least. SmartBoard work, everything comes together. Less so with Geometry. Today even less than usual.
Top this off that this was the day, of all days, that Giulia a coworker decided to pick a fight.
I generally like this co-worker but I do not think much of her teaching skills. God know what she thinks of mine. Suffice it that I don’t particularly have a lot of respect for her. This sometimes comes through, which is entirely my flaw and something I should fix. So I can understand if she resents me. But today she as simply irrational and one thing led to another, and now we are not on speaking terms, again. To which I can only say, Good. What a relief. She’s a pain in the @$$ anyway.
But it doesn’t make for a peaceful day, I can tell you that.
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