~My Brand Of Love Is Unforgiving~

BadKitty

...I got my article done on time!     There aren't emoticons happy enough to express my happiness!  

I have a publication on my research and a copyright on my boardgame now.  I've never had anything this big before and I was so worried that I blew it big time with my procrastination problem but everything worked out in the end.   I really learned my lesson this time.  I swear.

I submitted a proposal to run a 3 hour workshop at the 2010 conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  If I get approved for that it will mean a free trip to Halifax, a $200 paycheck for the workshop and another published paper.  I won't know if I'm in or not until Feb....  I'm just going to push it out of my mind for now.

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It's Sunday night and I have to go to sleep so I can head to school with bells on tomorrow morning.   But when I get the chance I'd like to write a blurb about two movies I've seen recently, share some more subbing stories, and discuss grad school options... If only I had 8 more hours a day.

romancingmaria

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what do they have in common? THEY'RE BOTH MINE! 8)

okay so that was lame. siguro masyado akong maagang nagising (excited kasi masyado hahaha)

i can't wait to study the camera (i am yet to think of a good name for it)

BadKitty

I am officially very behind.

This weekend I needed to get at least 1 grouping of projects done... but I promised my mom I'd go home and nothing productive happened.  I had a good time, it was relaxing, and I ate a lot of good food.  But now I'm going to pay for it.

My 3 hour workshop proposal for next summer's ABLE confernece is do Oct. 31st and I still need an abstract.  The article about the research I presented this summer is do same day and I havn't adequately started that.  I keep saying I can't do this or that so I can have time at home to work on it... but then inspiration doesn't come and procrastination does instead.

My lesson plans are less than stellar this week too.  I basically worked out the skeleton at my mom's and left it at that.  Still need to make several days worth of powerpoints and a test.

That and I have a pile building up of things that need graded and I didn't even touch it this weekend.  Starting off the week exhausted, grumpy, and behind is never good.   I would have called off today if I didn't have the lesson plan book with me.

Ah well.  You win some, you lose some.

BadKitty

I don't know if I mentioned it here before or not, (and I'm too lazy to go check right now) but I landed a permanent sub position for Earth & Space Science and 9th Grade Integrated Science. 

It's a dirty job... rough.  I guess someone has to do it I just wish it wasn't me.  These kids are monsters, really and truely.  In the past week I've had the following discipline issues:

• Talking while I'm talking
• Talking through directions and then asking stupid questions I already answered
• Getting out of their seats randomly
• Picking on each other (pulling hair, poking, hiding objects)
• 1 student walked out of class for no apparent reason
• Cheating on tests
• Stealing work from the "turn in bin" to copy from
• Going through my desk
• Drinking from my coffee cup (I kid you not)
• Stole the ball from my mouse
• 1 girl slapped another girl in the face with a handful of Purel!

And believe it or not I'm getting compliments on how well I control these classes from other teachers and the wraparounds/aids that are in class with me.  Seriously?!!  WTF.   With this behavior it's no wonder the teacher got cancer.  She's throwing all her energies away.

Well I'm going to fix this today.  I'm not putting up with disrespect and insubordination from 14 year olds.  Today we're having a 45 minute lecture on Respect and Society.  They are going to get classroom rules and operations along with consequences.   For homework an essay on community and respect.  They are getting a contract to sign stating they've heard the rules and consequences and will follow them.  

Now they're going to see just how good they had it.  They will wish they'd never crossed me.  Muhuahuahua!! 

I can be fun or I can be not so fun.  Punks want to play hard... I can be a dictator no problem.