so you had a bad day...yes as a matter of fact i did...
i had that daniel powter song on my ipod today and i just keep nodding my head. it wasn't a terrible day but a number of things just piled up and tired me out. so here it goes folks, Daniela's bad day.
so the day started out fine even though i woke up late. i went to my host school to drop off some info so my principal can write me a reference letter. I took some water proof gloves for my student J. because he had to use mine yesterday. i saw him and he took the gloves and ran. that little bugger.* When I was in the office, my AP came and said she wanted to talk to me. I went to her class and knew what was coming. You see, yesterday my principal told me that they are looking for a temp. person to fill my teacher's position while she is recovering from her herniated disk and perhaps back surgery.this would most likely be a first year teacher which means she wouldn't be a position to supervise me for the remainder of the term. As such, I would have to move classes. The way he said it though made it seem as if it was just a possibility. Today, the AP confirmed it. she basically said that I will have to move up to a grade 5 class and leave my little grade 4s. When she told me I was kinda shocked. She said I would be fine because I'm adaptable. I got in my car and it hit me. No more little grade 4s. I wanted to cry. Maybe I just like stability. I love routine. Planning. I even plan my fun. it's kinda sick. but I'm really gonna miss my little grade 4s. I feel like its so much added stress to go into a new class and have to learn new names and new routines. it's basically starting from 0. I decided to talk to my course director. She said that at the end of the day if the admin at the school don't feel comfortable having me supervised by a new teacher i have to do waht they say and suck it up. she really said suck it up. i wanted to cry. the worst part is that i have been the only stable person for the grade 4s since there have been supply teachers since january. i feel good. I can handle that class and now i have to leave. this start to the day had my head swimming and i was more than a little overwhelmed.
I have been attending a class for the last month that I am actually not enrolled in. It is the last class i need to graduate. I did not enroll because I can't since I am not a Sociology major. I have been calling the undergrad Soci dept. since Nov. about getting special permission to enroll. In jan. they finally told the prof (via email) that after Jan 19 the courses were open to everyone adn all i had to do was get a form from their office and have my professor fill it out. So i went like the diligent student that I am the day immediately after Jan 19 when I was on campus. I go to the office explain the situation ask for the form and the girl looks at me like I have 5 heads and then says "we're not giving out that form anymore, the policy has changed." you've got to be kidding me. I was not a happy camper and i think a large part of the Soci dept knew. At any rate, thank goodness for my mac which allowed me to show some other lady the email from her dept. that said it would not be a problem and allowed me to enroll after the 19th. She finally admitted that she had to honor that email (after telling me i should talk to the undergrad director, saying the email was from someone else and not her and on and on). She gave me the form and i indignantly stomped away.
then i had a group meeting and i didn't realize taht one of the of the girls in my group has received the nobel prize for thickest skull in the world. honestly, it was the most painful group meeting ever. we have to desing a 40 minute learning expereince fro our class and it took almost 2 hours. because she was in la la land as we were talking and then when she talked all the inspiration for her words came from la la land. i know some of u will be thinking daniela, u are such a jerk. u always judge people. u have no patience for imperfect humans. u are a dictator. and on and on. but friends, lend me ur ears, everyone else in my group felt that way too. and in fact while she was being thick i took the time to explain to her waht the heck was going on. in an matter of fact curt kinda way but explanation nonetheless. we walked to the bus together and i discovered that she is not even inthe right year to be in that class but she told me it was complicated as to why. it seems york has screwed her. i sympathize. i really do having been in that same place today. but i still think she's thick.
well thats it. those are the 3 terrible parts of this bad day. it was all a little overwhelming so when i got home i creid to my mom. thats right i still cry to my mommy....got a problem with that.....no....that's what i thought. then i indulged in some retail therapy. all better.
oh i almost forgot. when i got to my car there was a ticket on it because i parked in an illegal spot. but i do that all the time when the go station is full and i haven't got one for months. well lo and behold today was the day that they started ticketing again. grrrr.
*speaking of J. yesterday when we were doing a cooperative learning activity J. decided that he was going to jump up and down and spin in circles at the same time while his group did the work. i was not impressed, but he's still my favorite.
so the day started out fine even though i woke up late. i went to my host school to drop off some info so my principal can write me a reference letter. I took some water proof gloves for my student J. because he had to use mine yesterday. i saw him and he took the gloves and ran. that little bugger.* When I was in the office, my AP came and said she wanted to talk to me. I went to her class and knew what was coming. You see, yesterday my principal told me that they are looking for a temp. person to fill my teacher's position while she is recovering from her herniated disk and perhaps back surgery.this would most likely be a first year teacher which means she wouldn't be a position to supervise me for the remainder of the term. As such, I would have to move classes. The way he said it though made it seem as if it was just a possibility. Today, the AP confirmed it. she basically said that I will have to move up to a grade 5 class and leave my little grade 4s. When she told me I was kinda shocked. She said I would be fine because I'm adaptable. I got in my car and it hit me. No more little grade 4s. I wanted to cry. Maybe I just like stability. I love routine. Planning. I even plan my fun. it's kinda sick. but I'm really gonna miss my little grade 4s. I feel like its so much added stress to go into a new class and have to learn new names and new routines. it's basically starting from 0. I decided to talk to my course director. She said that at the end of the day if the admin at the school don't feel comfortable having me supervised by a new teacher i have to do waht they say and suck it up. she really said suck it up. i wanted to cry. the worst part is that i have been the only stable person for the grade 4s since there have been supply teachers since january. i feel good. I can handle that class and now i have to leave. this start to the day had my head swimming and i was more than a little overwhelmed.
I have been attending a class for the last month that I am actually not enrolled in. It is the last class i need to graduate. I did not enroll because I can't since I am not a Sociology major. I have been calling the undergrad Soci dept. since Nov. about getting special permission to enroll. In jan. they finally told the prof (via email) that after Jan 19 the courses were open to everyone adn all i had to do was get a form from their office and have my professor fill it out. So i went like the diligent student that I am the day immediately after Jan 19 when I was on campus. I go to the office explain the situation ask for the form and the girl looks at me like I have 5 heads and then says "we're not giving out that form anymore, the policy has changed." you've got to be kidding me. I was not a happy camper and i think a large part of the Soci dept knew. At any rate, thank goodness for my mac which allowed me to show some other lady the email from her dept. that said it would not be a problem and allowed me to enroll after the 19th. She finally admitted that she had to honor that email (after telling me i should talk to the undergrad director, saying the email was from someone else and not her and on and on). She gave me the form and i indignantly stomped away.
then i had a group meeting and i didn't realize taht one of the of the girls in my group has received the nobel prize for thickest skull in the world. honestly, it was the most painful group meeting ever. we have to desing a 40 minute learning expereince fro our class and it took almost 2 hours. because she was in la la land as we were talking and then when she talked all the inspiration for her words came from la la land. i know some of u will be thinking daniela, u are such a jerk. u always judge people. u have no patience for imperfect humans. u are a dictator. and on and on. but friends, lend me ur ears, everyone else in my group felt that way too. and in fact while she was being thick i took the time to explain to her waht the heck was going on. in an matter of fact curt kinda way but explanation nonetheless. we walked to the bus together and i discovered that she is not even inthe right year to be in that class but she told me it was complicated as to why. it seems york has screwed her. i sympathize. i really do having been in that same place today. but i still think she's thick.
well thats it. those are the 3 terrible parts of this bad day. it was all a little overwhelming so when i got home i creid to my mom. thats right i still cry to my mommy....got a problem with that.....no....that's what i thought. then i indulged in some retail therapy. all better.
oh i almost forgot. when i got to my car there was a ticket on it because i parked in an illegal spot. but i do that all the time when the go station is full and i haven't got one for months. well lo and behold today was the day that they started ticketing again. grrrr.
*speaking of J. yesterday when we were doing a cooperative learning activity J. decided that he was going to jump up and down and spin in circles at the same time while his group did the work. i was not impressed, but he's still my favorite.
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