Reflections of A Madd Woman!

This year has already proven to be a challange in many ways. Our school has gone to a "modified block" schedule, I have started my 3rd year of teaching, and scheduling has been somewhat of a nightmare. Many of my classes started out with over thirty students (I only have 24 seats in my chemistry classroom).--What to do? What to do?

I read Vicky's "thoughts" earlier and they hit me right between the eyes (students, smoodents, yeah right!)! Getting out of my "comfort zone" does tend to give me negative vibes. I really try not to, but it happens! I have finally been able to sit down for a few minutes by myself (at about 1AM, lol!). It is times like these that make me see things from the eyes of my students.

Globaloria is proving to be a great experience for me so far; and it really helps going to the "Progress Reports" page of Globaloria to see that I am not alone. It has been great to be in class with the students we have this year. Let me see. What are my impression of the students so far:

Ellie: Quiet, polite, sincere, bashful, and happy (she sounds like the seven dwarfs);

Cheri: Funny, helpful, "blossoming" in her personality;

Sarah: Smiles, polite, diligent, hmmm (I'm still working on this one);

Autumn: Quick, determined, (still working on this one too);

Eric: Grrr! Lots of potential, waiting on him to realize this, too;

Shawn: Quiet, VERY sharp and tech savvy;

EJ: Quick, sharp, friendly, hmmm, loves that "garbage disposal" music....lol

Derek: EJ's teammate? polite, friendly, likes what EJ likes...to be continued!

Sheena: Very quiet, yet very talented; great artistic ability; works hard

Xavier: cross between Eeyore and Oscar the Grouch, sometimes; VERY bright (even though he tries to hide it)

Caitlin: Ms. Caitlin is quiet, and doesn't feel well most days, but she always works hard. Great student in Globaloria and chemistry!

I hope to be able to do a better job of developing the students "profiles" as we learn together. I have quickly found the more I can learn with and from the students, the more they are willing to try on their own. Hopefully we can jump into the class and run with it!

...and as Cheri noted of a song the other day... "I Will Survive"!