It's all I can do to keep my eyes open right now, so I'll catch you up as much as I can before I pass out. Monday, we started our week-long training session before summer school starts in 5 days. I'm up before 5am and sit through content/lesson plan writing sessions until 4:30pm everyday, only to return to the dorm with hours worth of prep work to complete. It's the most unglamorous LA life I could have ever imagined. But here's the kicker...and Andi, don't laugh because it is causing me some serious anxiety...I've been assigned to teach 7th grade pre-Algebra during summer session. I don't hate math, but I also don't like math, and I definitely haven't the first clue how to teach math. There were too many English teachers at my placement sight so, of course, I got switched and now have to spend the first hour of lesson planning re-teaching myself complex arithmetic. The students I will teach this summer failed pre-Algebra last year and if I don't do my job, they will not be moving on to the 8th grade with the rest of their class. I feel sorry for them... They deserve a teacher who knows what she's doing, so I'm making it my mission to be the best damn math teacher they've ever had. I'll be learning with them every step of the way: creating the curriculum, planning the lessons, teaching the concepts, assigning homework, and administering the final (exit) exam in exactly one month. God help me...and them.
The "i don't have a mailing address to put on my employment papers because i'm currently homeless" situation is still working itself out. A few of my new friends and I went to the south bay (Manhattan Beach) last weekend and decided to check out some million-dollar beachside mansions that were having open houses. Randomly, we met a real estate agent who apparently had karma concerns and felt like taking on a new charity case: broke, young teachers in south central, desparately seeking a home/escape from a job few attempt. We've been in constant contact and he's actually found us some pretty awesome deals--hopefully one will actually work out. I need Los Angeles to feel like home asap.
On that note, I have to go teach myself about rational and irrational numbers so I can come up with a lesson plan that clicks with remedial seventh graders. If anyone has any resources they think could help me please pass those on! My email is tmiller270@gmail. More later.
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slope = rise/run, and y = mx+b. thats all you need to know! haha, good luck!
ReplyDeleteTaylor! I substitute taught remedial middle school math classes for a few days at the beginning of the summer! But I have no advice because the Cleaton, KY rednecks are probably much easier to handle than your G's. Good luck though!
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