I am exhausted!
So much for Sunday Funday.
So sad Cowboys lost... lame call by referees.. oh well Cest la vie!
I meal prepped... my kitchen is clean and now I am sitting alone at the dining room trying to finish up my lessons plans for the week.
blah!
I am feeling stressed... and the countdown for my students to take the state exam in Writing is just around the corner... more like the end of March. When you take into account all of the days that will be spent testing and not teaching... it is just around the corner.
I plan to just take it easy and do what I do.. Try my best, pray that this week is effective and that it goes by fast so I can enjoy my weekend in H-town with my best friends!
Have a great week!
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
RAWR!
I know that in order to be a teacher, one must have patience. Not all of us do. I consider myself as a patient person. Especially when it comes to children.
Adults- not so much. Remember a few post back I wrote about higher education not being for everyone and I ranted about two older ladies. Well this post is about them.. AGAIN.
I don't know if its because this course is given at 6pm, but it seems like every time the class meets, they find some way to annoy me, and the rest of the class.
Last night, professor was sharing her knowledge about homemade paint and all sorts of things one can do to allow their students to create art. All i hear was oooo's and aaaaaaa's and woooooww!!! Followed by questions such, as, "can you do that again?, Can you repeat once more(5th time) how you make this? Where did you learn ALL of this? Is there a book where you would find all of this???"
Seriously, all we were doing is adding food coloring to pudding, shaving cream and cornstarch, we added a pack of kool-aid to warm water to create water colors. That was it. nothing big nothing crazy..
I wanted to yell at her, and tell her it wasnt rocket science, that anyone with a little imagination and creativity could come up with this stuff and much more.
The same lady proceeds to annoy the heck out of me because the two individuals who sit in front of her were ignoring her.
There is a sign up sheet going around, we have to do fieldwork at a museum. The sign up got around the front somehow skipping these old ladies. When one of them realized that the people in front of them had it, they made a big commotion and kept saying, "hello, can we see that? we didnt get the sheet can we have it? yoooohoooo, hey, you guys can we have the sheet we didnt get to sign up yet"
It got so annoyed that I turned around and said, "they'll give it to you as soon as they are done!"
i snapped. it was so rude and annoying. She wasn't the only one that got skipped, but the others weren't being as annoying as her about it. ugh. all she said was "oh ok." Her face was that of a shock. I don't talk to people in my classes unless I have to. I keep to myself. I participate in class discussion, but I consider that just a a conversation with the professor. So I understand the look on her face, as well as the people who had the sign up sheet.
I had just about had it with them. My annoyance isnt that they are old. I sit next to a lady as old as they are in another one of my classes and she doesn't act that way. We share notes, we discuss, and we are even presenting together at the end of the month. So you see, I don't hate all OLD people who go to school. It is just the one s who are not willing to adapt. They are stubborn and their excuse is, "well there wasn't all of this when i was young."
AH! Ok I am Done!
Adults- not so much. Remember a few post back I wrote about higher education not being for everyone and I ranted about two older ladies. Well this post is about them.. AGAIN.
I don't know if its because this course is given at 6pm, but it seems like every time the class meets, they find some way to annoy me, and the rest of the class.
Last night, professor was sharing her knowledge about homemade paint and all sorts of things one can do to allow their students to create art. All i hear was oooo's and aaaaaaa's and woooooww!!! Followed by questions such, as, "can you do that again?, Can you repeat once more(5th time) how you make this? Where did you learn ALL of this? Is there a book where you would find all of this???"
Seriously, all we were doing is adding food coloring to pudding, shaving cream and cornstarch, we added a pack of kool-aid to warm water to create water colors. That was it. nothing big nothing crazy..
I wanted to yell at her, and tell her it wasnt rocket science, that anyone with a little imagination and creativity could come up with this stuff and much more.
The same lady proceeds to annoy the heck out of me because the two individuals who sit in front of her were ignoring her.
There is a sign up sheet going around, we have to do fieldwork at a museum. The sign up got around the front somehow skipping these old ladies. When one of them realized that the people in front of them had it, they made a big commotion and kept saying, "hello, can we see that? we didnt get the sheet can we have it? yoooohoooo, hey, you guys can we have the sheet we didnt get to sign up yet"
It got so annoyed that I turned around and said, "they'll give it to you as soon as they are done!"
i snapped. it was so rude and annoying. She wasn't the only one that got skipped, but the others weren't being as annoying as her about it. ugh. all she said was "oh ok." Her face was that of a shock. I don't talk to people in my classes unless I have to. I keep to myself. I participate in class discussion, but I consider that just a a conversation with the professor. So I understand the look on her face, as well as the people who had the sign up sheet.
I had just about had it with them. My annoyance isnt that they are old. I sit next to a lady as old as they are in another one of my classes and she doesn't act that way. We share notes, we discuss, and we are even presenting together at the end of the month. So you see, I don't hate all OLD people who go to school. It is just the one s who are not willing to adapt. They are stubborn and their excuse is, "well there wasn't all of this when i was young."
AH! Ok I am Done!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Birthday post.
WOO! Yay 25!
... ok so i over did it on the excitement there. Not big on birthday celebrations. even now I guess its because im one year older and I feel like I still have nothing to show for it. I haven't received my degree, and i feel like im wasting my life away.. lol.
I am going to be a materialistic gal and post my birthday wish list.
http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ipad_2_1.jpg
YEs i have been craving this for sometime.
http://www.louisvuitton4gucci.com/images/Hermes-Birkin-Bag-40-Togo-Leather-Orange-Silver-Hardware.jpg
The Berkin Bag! Ever since i saw it on Sandra Bullock's hand in " The Proposal" I knew one day i would have it too. (that day may never come though... its $800)
http://www.nikeonlinestore.org/images/167204.jpg
size 8.5 please.. best running shoe i've ever had and would like it again..
http://image1.dhgate.com/upload/20108/68/ff80808126408ff10126451b305e2f06/productimg1281336247863.jpg
toms shoes.. one in each of these colors except the pink and white.. :D lol but I can settle for some red wedges http://www.shefinds.com/files/2011/04/Red-Canvas-Womens-Wedges.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiWerEXPQaRrRNe85LrFoPr5iF-VDPWLzpDJbf09VPd1_db6TSUgvBEYUwuGrtU5I8pW6NJhmTZmzJ2hCeR3wnonDbpUdtOSwRX5k3ZDd_L4YLOhnkwJkY9QbxTmG2djXyfbH_KAXdF8/s400/Marc+Jacobs+Daisy.jpg
you can't ever go wrong with perfume...:D
I could really sit here and go on and on.. but ill leave it here.
... ok so i over did it on the excitement there. Not big on birthday celebrations. even now I guess its because im one year older and I feel like I still have nothing to show for it. I haven't received my degree, and i feel like im wasting my life away.. lol.
I am going to be a materialistic gal and post my birthday wish list.
http://wondrouspics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ipad_2_1.jpg
YEs i have been craving this for sometime.
http://www.louisvuitton4gucci.com/images/Hermes-Birkin-Bag-40-Togo-Leather-Orange-Silver-Hardware.jpg
The Berkin Bag! Ever since i saw it on Sandra Bullock's hand in " The Proposal" I knew one day i would have it too. (that day may never come though... its $800)
http://www.nikeonlinestore.org/images/167204.jpg
size 8.5 please.. best running shoe i've ever had and would like it again..
http://image1.dhgate.com/upload/20108/68/ff80808126408ff10126451b305e2f06/productimg1281336247863.jpg
toms shoes.. one in each of these colors except the pink and white.. :D lol but I can settle for some red wedges http://www.shefinds.com/files/2011/04/Red-Canvas-Womens-Wedges.jpg
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiWerEXPQaRrRNe85LrFoPr5iF-VDPWLzpDJbf09VPd1_db6TSUgvBEYUwuGrtU5I8pW6NJhmTZmzJ2hCeR3wnonDbpUdtOSwRX5k3ZDd_L4YLOhnkwJkY9QbxTmG2djXyfbH_KAXdF8/s400/Marc+Jacobs+Daisy.jpg
you can't ever go wrong with perfume...:D
I could really sit here and go on and on.. but ill leave it here.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Higher Education- is it really for everyone!?
I feel like such a hypocrite. Here I am, promoting higher education yet I am questioning whether it is really for everyone.
But this isn't about weather our government should just pass the DREAM ACT, so that well deserving students who cannot pay for college apply for financial aid.
No. This is about older individuals entering the college world way past their midlife crisis.
I am so annoyed by these two ladies who are in one of my classes. Seriously the two are in their mid 50's. I don't know their exact age, but if they are younger, they didn't age well. OMG.... they are the slowest people I have met. Everything in Class must be repeated at least TWICE! and god forbid we have some sort of assignment online or are asked to look up a website. When they contribute to the class its just downright annoying and their banter is pointless. They repeated exactly what the prof has lectured about.... but ten times slower than the prof. They take FOREVER to make a point. Frankly I want to tell them to SHUT IT.
Also, here at work the frustration is more present because of our self- service registration process. I get loads of calls asking me to sign them up for classes. Or wanting an exemption from this rule because they don't know how or don't have a computer available at home.
I'm Sorry, but its not my fault you didn't keep up with technology... and if you aren't willing to travel to the public library or come to campus to use the Public computers to register, you might as well call it quits before you enroll in any class. EVERYTHING is on a computer now... more specifically, everything requires internet. Good luck completing assignments with that kind of attitude or work ethic.
It is so frustrating especially when they go stubborn on you and are completely handicapped when it comes to reading a computer screen or worse following instructions.
I am not saying all older people are like this.. i guess its those who have nothing else to do, and have little to none experience with a computer throughout their lives that fall under this annoying attitude.
But this isn't about weather our government should just pass the DREAM ACT, so that well deserving students who cannot pay for college apply for financial aid.
No. This is about older individuals entering the college world way past their midlife crisis.
I am so annoyed by these two ladies who are in one of my classes. Seriously the two are in their mid 50's. I don't know their exact age, but if they are younger, they didn't age well. OMG.... they are the slowest people I have met. Everything in Class must be repeated at least TWICE! and god forbid we have some sort of assignment online or are asked to look up a website. When they contribute to the class its just downright annoying and their banter is pointless. They repeated exactly what the prof has lectured about.... but ten times slower than the prof. They take FOREVER to make a point. Frankly I want to tell them to SHUT IT.
Also, here at work the frustration is more present because of our self- service registration process. I get loads of calls asking me to sign them up for classes. Or wanting an exemption from this rule because they don't know how or don't have a computer available at home.
I'm Sorry, but its not my fault you didn't keep up with technology... and if you aren't willing to travel to the public library or come to campus to use the Public computers to register, you might as well call it quits before you enroll in any class. EVERYTHING is on a computer now... more specifically, everything requires internet. Good luck completing assignments with that kind of attitude or work ethic.
It is so frustrating especially when they go stubborn on you and are completely handicapped when it comes to reading a computer screen or worse following instructions.
I am not saying all older people are like this.. i guess its those who have nothing else to do, and have little to none experience with a computer throughout their lives that fall under this annoying attitude.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
beyond the smile...
Beyond a smile,
tears dwell, stomach knot aches, and the knot in one's throat suffocates.... but no one has to know.
I keep telling myself that if I just keep at this, I can lie to myself. I can get sucked into the cherades and maybe learn to ignore all that in my opinion sucks. I need to focus on the positive side. I need to magnify the small positive things and make them grandeur in meaning. I am really good at doing that. Though it is something I swore I would never do, I am having to resort to it to survive, to breathe, to lie to myself.
I may loose myself, my being, my dreams, my ambitions.. but that is what I signed up for. Those are just some of the consequences of my choices. They were clear to me when I made my decisions and they have never been more clear than they are today.
tears dwell, stomach knot aches, and the knot in one's throat suffocates.... but no one has to know.
I keep telling myself that if I just keep at this, I can lie to myself. I can get sucked into the cherades and maybe learn to ignore all that in my opinion sucks. I need to focus on the positive side. I need to magnify the small positive things and make them grandeur in meaning. I am really good at doing that. Though it is something I swore I would never do, I am having to resort to it to survive, to breathe, to lie to myself.
I may loose myself, my being, my dreams, my ambitions.. but that is what I signed up for. Those are just some of the consequences of my choices. They were clear to me when I made my decisions and they have never been more clear than they are today.
Monday, September 12, 2011
...just because...
Contigo descubrí
Tantas cosas que hay en mí
Tu forma de hacerme ver
Que todo lo puedo hacer
No hay nada que me pueda detener
Aunque no estés
Nada nos separará
Lo sabes y lo sé
Tú jamás me has dejado en soledad
Soy felíz por lo que hiciste de mí,
Y no podrán hacerme olvidar
Que fué tu amor que me enseñó
Que fuiste tú quién me enseñó
Todo lo he de intentar
Y si la vida me ha de costar
No importa, a tu lado voy a estar
Tú me enseñaste a amar
Una manera de gozar
Teniéndote aunque no puedas estar
Monday Updates
My Kiddos, Week one is gone. Things at work went fairly smooth for being the beginning of the year. I have a lot of returning students, which I am thrilled about. There are some new ones, and I am trying to get used to them as much as they are trying to get used the rules. I have many hopes for this upcoming year. My staff seems so much better than last year. I am still working on making sure my expectations are met. Some of my new parents have already started with their little attitudes because I have scolded their child and taken away play time. Seriously, they know what kind of kids they have and if they have gotten away with breaking the rules before, its not going to happen with me. Being responsible for 120 kids, and making sure 4 other adults follow instructions, I try my best to catch those who try and break the rules or go around them. If they get caught, they are less likely to repeat them, especially if they are punished for it.
School- arg! where do i start? I have an exam this week, and I have to start a presentation and I have about 7-9 chapters to read up on. I should probably start on some of that while here. (here?---see below)
Work- I am currently at work. i have had a bunch of rude callers. Just waiting for that one call to make it worth the while. Its really no particular call. Just a feeling I get knowing I actually made someones day when they call. Some days I am successful and others, I leave home wishing it had happened, but I am thankful that I don't ever leave this job hating it.
Home- meh! constant questioning by people i live with is getting old. I need to loose myself in my work and school life in order to survive it. I wish I had somewhere to go , someone to talk to, just to see if I am still myself. The only person I talk to, who makes me feel like myself is contemplating not talking to me anymore... but that was expected. Sad- but I must remind myself that i chose this path and there is no way to turn back now.
School- arg! where do i start? I have an exam this week, and I have to start a presentation and I have about 7-9 chapters to read up on. I should probably start on some of that while here. (here?---see below)
Work- I am currently at work. i have had a bunch of rude callers. Just waiting for that one call to make it worth the while. Its really no particular call. Just a feeling I get knowing I actually made someones day when they call. Some days I am successful and others, I leave home wishing it had happened, but I am thankful that I don't ever leave this job hating it.
Home- meh! constant questioning by people i live with is getting old. I need to loose myself in my work and school life in order to survive it. I wish I had somewhere to go , someone to talk to, just to see if I am still myself. The only person I talk to, who makes me feel like myself is contemplating not talking to me anymore... but that was expected. Sad- but I must remind myself that i chose this path and there is no way to turn back now.
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