Friday, January 23, 2009

The Seventh Grade English

The beauty of being able to sub in America today is that you are allowed to sub K-12. Sweet.

Yesterday I worked in a junior high teaching an English lesson to mostly 7th grade students.

Loved it! I think junior high teachers have it easy. They can plan one lesson for like three classes for ONE day!

Elementary teachers have to plan five or six lesson plans per day per week.

Perhaps I shall in the future make is so that I am certified to teach k-12. Then if I get tired of the little kids I can just move on up to the high school. Yup. Life is good!

In other thoughts:

It's funny how many people want to help with wedding plans. It's a bit overwhelming too.

I'm thinking of it like a puzzle. Some people want me to put the middle pieces together first and some people want me to put the edge pieces together first. I'm still working on looking at the big picture and getting the pieces out of the box. What do I have to work with? Who is willing to help? What do I want the big picture to look like?

I'm approaching it with some nervousness as a wedding is much more public than a puzzle and sometimes the best puzzles take the longest to put together. But with determination and persistence, the pieces come together and before you know it, it's finished.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hahaha!

It's so strange, but I have always thought of you teaching secondary. Call me crazy...

Weddings can be tough. I got your text this morning, and we should talk today. Hopefully you have some free time.

How did the written out words go down?

Luke said...

Don't forget to have fun, and remember to focus on preparing for the marriage. Yup, lame advice, but pretty valid.