Teachery

Today was the first time I felt like a real teacher, and I have no idea why. Nothing was out of the ordinary or special, everything just seemed to fit. Weird. (I'm old. there sam you don't have to say it)

I gave my classes a quiz today and they all pretty much did really well, which made me feel good. Now I have proof that I actually taught them and that they understood.

I started planning the next unit that i'm going to be planning. After I went over everything, I made out a schedule and realized the unit is going to be like 3 and a half weeks long. pretty impressive huh? it will be complete with a movie, a guest speaker, maps, and a presentation. it's gonna be awesome.

In my "Methods of Teaching Social Studies" class we were talking about discipline today, my professor:

"At [high school] we don't have internal suspensions anymore. We used to, and it was a duty given to the teachers to monitor the library. It was horrible and poorly organized. They let the kids have headphones and listen to music. If it was me i would much rather sit and listen to music than be in class. It was a bad decision on their part. Now we have kids serve suspensions on saturday mornings, it's more of a deterrence now. But back then, we had a student that would always push the limits. So when they were allowed to bring headphones, he pushed it further and brought a miniature TV. When that happened the teachers refused to monitor internal suspension, because it was so ridiculous and the school needed to do something. And you know who this kid is, I know you do. His name is Adam Sandler." Cool huh?

Early release tomorrow, can't wait to hear what music they play between classes.