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Name: Mr. Cheng
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: Woodland
Interests: Educating the 5th grade children at Gibson Elementary School in Woodland, Ca. Also, I love playing music (guitar and drums) and watching movies.
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Member Since:
8/23/2005
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| I feel that I'm getting to be a meaner and meaner teacher as the year
goes on. At first I was totally nice to the kids. My goal
was to be the 'cool' teacher. I wanted to be the new 5th grade
teacher that was nice and that the kids wanted to be nice to.
Now, a few months in I feel like they have been taking advantage of my
kindness and so now I don't feel like being that nice anymore. So
I've been getting on their case a lot more and losing my patience a lot
quicker.
What to do, what to do?
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| It's Sunday and I've just spent the past five hours at school cleaning
up, copying
stuff, planning, correcting, and doing all sorts of miscellaneous
things. I've done this for the past 10 Sundays AND
Saturdays! I realize I have to do this or else my school days
will be terrible... really, really terrible. And I'll go crazy
with the amount of work that comes with the week. So I have to
let work spill over to the weekend. I just can't wait for the day
when I don't have to go to
school on a weekend. That will be nice.
Really nice.
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| Today I was evaluated for the first time by my principal, Ms.
Gerhart. And I must say that evaluations can be one of the most
nerve racking experiences ever. Basically, the principal (my
boss!) comes in and sits quietly in the back of the room and watches me
teach the class for an hour. At this time she's looking for the
methods I use to manage the classroom as well as how well I can
directly teach my students. She writes everything down on a paper
pad and we discuss how I did in a principal/teacher conference
afterwards. In my case, it'll be next Tuesday.
I felt that the whole process went pretty well (even thought it was the
first rainy day of the school year and things were a bit hectic in the
morning). I felt pretty confident up there when she arrived and
my students showed a great deal of respect to me while she was in the
room. She had some positive things to say as she left so that
made me feel some relief. Now I'm itching to find out what she
thought of my teaching methods but at the same time I can't help but to
feel a little nervous... I wonder if she saw something she didn't
like. Ahh well, I'll find out in a week.
Anyways, I just really want to thank everyone who has prayed for me
about my evaluation. I know that your prayers helped me out a
great deal - God answered them. And a huge thanks to all of those
people (especially Jenn) who have encouraged me on as I do this thing
called teaching.
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