So today sucked in the world of education. As a teacher, I'd be very disappointed if my students used the word "sucked" to describe something...but that's the best word I can think of.

First, my lesson plan. It was weak and I know it. Most days I think I'm on target with my students, but not today. I didn't really teach them. I guess I expected them to just get it. And they didn't. So the first two blocks didn't go well.

Secondly, for whatever reason, my second block is going down the crapper. I don't know what's happened to them, or what I did to change the dynamics, but the class went from awesome to just putting along. I've got to figure out how to get them back on track and do it more kindly. Maybe I've been too hard...but also I feel like I haven't been hard enough...agh!

Thirdly, I had to present a mini lesson to in my grad class tonight. I didn't put much prep into because it really doesn't matter. The lesson when okay even though I threw it together right after school. During the comments time, one guy kindly ripped me apart. Like, he wans't a jerk or anything, but he had five minutes of comments on how I could improve. The most disappointing thing about it was that he was the only one to have negative comments, or at least, that many. But it doesn't matter that the other 24 people had good things to say...it was this one guy that ruined an already bad day/night.

That's all for now. I'm tired and need sleep and I don't have a good lesson planned for tomorrow...I don't want two bad days in a row. Sorry to re-up my blog on such a note, not that anyone is reading it anyway.