Where did half a year go?
My presentation(s) went very well. I was nervous, though. I can talk with ease in front of a class of 38 students, but it is a different story doing it in front of one's peers.
But I heard very positive things. I think they really enjoyed the Keynote slideshow I put together.
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Sadly, Kristie, Casey, KoKo, and I have yet another funeral to attend on Saturday. Kristie's uncle, Paul, had been diagnosed with mouth/throat cancer last year. He spent much of that time suffering. Last week a tumor in his stomach ruptured. He was dead before they got him to the hospita. Last night Kristie and I counted at least 11 funerals that at least one of us, including the kids, have attended in since we met.
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My schedule shifts from Lit and Language 11 and 12 and College Comp to Comp 9, College Comp, and Lit and Language 11. The only thing I'm unhappy about is the large number of students in my eleventh grade class, 34. It used to be a student had to come to a teacher to drop or add a class. However, now we just get a little message on the computer saying that a student has been dropped or added. I now have to scrounge up a couple more desks for my room. The only problem with this is that with 34 students, you inevitably end up managing the class rather than really teaching. I hate to do it, but I'll lay the wood to them right away so maybe they'll switch to another section of the class.
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Today I start on my 36 College Comp research papers. I hope to get between 5-10 done today. The rest will have to get done on Sunday and Monday.
Wish me luck. Or say a prayer.
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