House of Cards: Renewal

[Headstall]

5 hours ago, dughlas said:

Morning arrived before I was ready.

Jannick Sinner wasn't ready for his match yesterday either.  

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

But I'm never a twit.

Yes... yes we do.  

[spike382]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Great minds ...

What are you trying to say my dear Lung?

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Drew Espinosa said:

But that would be lying.

King of Drewth says what?

[Headstall]

Hi!  

[spike382]

17 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Um... ah... sure.... 

Hey! I was your strongest supporter! 👀

[Bucket1]

Rain for the entire week  

[Bucket1]

Good night everyone

[Headstall]

Did a first edit of my epilogue. I think it'll do.  

[spike382]

12 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Did a first edit of my epilogue. I think it'll do.  

You know what this means…

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, spike382 said:

You know what this means…

Jeez... watch the do!  

[Drew Espinosa]

6 hours ago, spike382 said:

When has that ever stopped you? 

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

And when has that stopped you?

I never lie though.  

6 hours ago, dughlas said:

Great minds ...

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Yes... yes we do.  

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

King of [redacted] says what?

Hey, I'm more honest than Honest Abe ever was!  

[dughlas]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Um... ah... sure....  

Oh that's so uhm, ahh ... very maybe, possibly.

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Oh that's so uhm, ahh ... very maybe, possibly.

Exactly... I think..., so....

[dughlas]

5 hours ago, spike382 said:

What are you trying to say my dear Lung?

Just hoping that our similiar response to his Drewthiness isn't a case of Pavlovian conditioning.

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Rain for the entire week  

I'm guessing from your wee emoji that you don't view that in a positve light.

 

3 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

Good night everyone

Sleep well.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, spike382 said:

You know what this means…

You might as well stop with the head pats. There isn't gonna be any author's note or acknowledgments.

[spike382]

8 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Just hoping that our similiar response to his Drewthiness isn't a case of Pavlovian conditioning.

[spike382]

4 minutes ago, dughlas said:

You might as well stop with the head pats. There isn't gonna be any author's note or acknowledgments.

I wasn't doing it for the recognition. 

[clochette]

Got my "coolest teacher" badge today

Classroom was a furnace today. It was already 28 at 8.30am with no air . It was unbearable. We started with a dictation (  looked up the word online, it's when I dictated words or sentences and the students have to write them correctly) and by 9am the kids and myself were already suffocating, brains liquefying... I start next with mathematics problems and saw I was loosing them so suddenly I said "ok, stop. Pack your bags with your white slates, pencils, draft book, water bottle we're going outside." I myself packed my bag with the laptop, board pens, white board eraser... And out we went under the shade of the tree in the playground. Laptop and white board were on a bench, kids sat on the ground in front and everyone worked! Some were lying on their front, other prop against their bag... 

After recess another class was having sport under the tree so we found another corner in the shade and it was even better. There was a metal grid to protect the shutter of the after school program room so putting my white board on it made it more visible for the kids and my magnetic pen pot was even sticking to it! Yay! They worked for 1hour on calculing surfaces and perimeters. They were so focus they didn't even got distracted by the other class playing tennis a few meters away. 

In the afternoon we had to spend some time in the classroom to wrap the mother's day gifts, then I put a little video going over the grammar lesson. We packed our bags again and went to recess. After recess another class was having sport on all the playground so we stayed under the covered playground. A student had the great idea to used the benches as tables while they'd sit on the floor for more comfort. To make it even better there's a massive blackboard on a wall there! And I remembered I have a box of chalks in my room! More yay! I even stole a chair from the teacher hall for myself Again the worked for almost 45 minutes, in silence, focused. 

I had kind of an epiphany tonight telling all this to my dad after telling him one of my tutor I saw Thursday told me it's sure I'll be titularised at the end of the school year with no visit from the inspector needed. I recalled the growth I had this year as a teacher, being more and more confident in my teaching. Would I have had the balls to do this - almost full - day of teaching outside with not much equipmenta few months ago? Loosen the reins and trust myself, the students and taking a bet? Definitely not. But I did it and it went perfectly well. More than even. I feel like some kids who are often struggling to stay focus in class were more focused today (they understood the lessons on grammar and on proportionality! When we've being dragging those for a couple of weeks now!). 

Anyway sorry for the rant. Feel free to skip it

[Page Scrawler]

7 minutes ago, clochette said:

Anyway sorry for the rant. Feel free to skip it

Clo, that sounds amazing as hell. No need to apologize, you did a wonderful job with the kids today! 

Sometimes, when you're caught in the doldrums of boredom, a change of environment can work wonders! 

[Headstall]

11 minutes ago, clochette said:

Got my "coolest teacher" badge today

Classroom was a furnace today. It was already 28 at 8.30am with no air . It was unbearable. We started with a dictation (  looked up the word online, it's when I dictated words or sentences and the students have to write them correctly) and by 9am the kids and myself were already suffocating, brains liquefying... I start next with mathematics problems and saw I was loosing them so suddenly I said "ok, stop. Pack your bags with your white slates, pencils, draft book, water bottle we're going outside." I myself packed my bag with the laptop, board pens, white board eraser... And out we went under the shade of the tree in the playground. Laptop and white board were on a bench, kids sat on the ground in front and everyone worked! Some were lying on their front, other prop against their bag... 

After recess another class was having sport under the tree so we found another corner in the shade and it was even better. There was a metal grid to protect the shutter of the after school program room so putting my white board on it made it more visible for the kids and my magnetic pen pot was even sticking to it! Yay! They worked for 1hour on calculing surfaces and perimeters. They were so focus they didn't even got distracted by the other class playing tennis a few meters away. 

In the afternoon we had to spend some time in the classroom to wrap the mother's day gifts, then I put a little video going over the grammar lesson. We packed our bags again and went to recess. After recess another class was having sport on all the playground so we stayed under the covered playground. A student had the great idea to used the benches as tables while they'd sit on the floor for more comfort. To make it even better there's a massive blackboard on a wall there! And I remembered I have a box of chalks in my room! More yay! I even stole a chair from the teacher hall for myself Again the worked for almost 45 minutes, in silence, focused. 

I had kind of an epiphany tonight telling all this to my dad after telling him one of my tutor I saw Thursday told me it's sure I'll be titularised at the end of the school year with no visit from the inspector needed. I recalled the growth I had this year as a teacher, being more and more confident in my teaching. Would I have had the balls to do this - almost full - day of teaching outside with not much equipmenta few months ago? Loosen the reins and trust myself, the students and taking a bet? Definitely not. But I did it and it went perfectly well. More than even. I feel like some kids who are often struggling to stay focus in class were more focused today (they understood the lessons on grammar and on proportionality! When we've being dragging those for a couple of weeks now!). 

Anyway sorry for the rant. Feel free to skip it

Proud of you, Tink! Truly outstanding instincts.

[clochette]

40 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Clo, that sounds amazing as hell. No need to apologize, you did a wonderful job with the kids today! 

Sometimes, when you're caught in the doldrums of boredom, a change of environment can work wonders! 

39 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Proud of you, Tink! Truly outstanding instincts.

Thanks guys

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, spike382 said:

I wasn't doing it for the recognition. 

How delightfully smug of you.

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Got my "coolest teacher" badge today

Classroom was a furnace today. It was already 28 at 8.30am with no air . It was unbearable. We started with a dictation (  looked up the word online, it's when I dictated words or sentences and the students have to write them correctly) and by 9am the kids and myself were already suffocating, brains liquefying... I start next with mathematics problems and saw I was loosing them so suddenly I said "ok, stop. Pack your bags with your white slates, pencils, draft book, water bottle we're going outside." I myself packed my bag with the laptop, board pens, white board eraser... And out we went under the shade of the tree in the playground. Laptop and white board were on a bench, kids sat on the ground in front and everyone worked! Some were lying on their front, other prop against their bag... 

After recess another class was having sport under the tree so we found another corner in the shade and it was even better. There was a metal grid to protect the shutter of the after school program room so putting my white board on it made it more visible for the kids and my magnetic pen pot was even sticking to it! Yay! They worked for 1hour on calculing surfaces and perimeters. They were so focus they didn't even got distracted by the other class playing tennis a few meters away. 

In the afternoon we had to spend some time in the classroom to wrap the mother's day gifts, then I put a little video going over the grammar lesson. We packed our bags again and went to recess. After recess another class was having sport on all the playground so we stayed under the covered playground. A student had the great idea to used the benches as tables while they'd sit on the floor for more comfort. To make it even better there's a massive blackboard on a wall there! And I remembered I have a box of chalks in my room! More yay! I even stole a chair from the teacher hall for myself Again the worked for almost 45 minutes, in silence, focused. 

I had kind of an epiphany tonight telling all this to my dad after telling him one of my tutor I saw Thursday told me it's sure I'll be titularised at the end of the school year with no visit from the inspector needed. I recalled the growth I had this year as a teacher, being more and more confident in my teaching. Would I have had the balls to do this - almost full - day of teaching outside with not much equipmenta few months ago? Loosen the reins and trust myself, the students and taking a bet? Definitely not. But I did it and it went perfectly well. More than even. I feel like some kids who are often struggling to stay focus in class were more focused today (they understood the lessons on grammar and on proportionality! When we've being dragging those for a couple of weeks now!). 

Anyway sorry for the rant. Feel free to skip it

Moving outdoors where the kids would be more comfortable paid off by making it easier for them to work and learn. Very smart move.