Bad: The bus driver wouldn't let me on the bus today. Seriously. He just wouldn't open the door. I may write a letter of complaint.
Good: My mom, who came to pick me up, seems to be thinking of buying me a new car.
Bad: I'm very stressed, and so are my classmates. A couple people had mini freakouts/breakdowns in class this morning.
Good: My mom told me to make myself a hot chocolate when I got home.
Bad: We had no peppermint Schnapps to go with it.
Good: So I made myself a little citrus twist appletini before making the hot chocolate.
Bad: I spilled a large amount of the hot chocolate.
Good: What was left was still yummy.
Bad: I have to go write my paper on how technology affects classroom management now.
Good: If you discount my midterms, I only have one thing per night to worry about, now that I've gotten an extention on my Dramatic Form paper.
10/02/2006
10/01/2006
This Isn't a Blog, This is my Daytimer
It's 2pm on Sunday and I'm at school. I'm meeting with my group for my Drama peer teach thing on Wednesday. We're supposed to be writing up our part of the lesson plan for the activity we're leading, and I'm done, and one of our group memembers didn't have a laptop, so we have to wait until she gets back to continue with our meeting. We're teaching Movement and Improv. They're really easy to teach, at least.
I've got some articles together for my Empirical Classroom Management paper for my Policy Studies class. I'll be writing about the effect of technology in the classroom on classroom management. Exciting, eh? I should get most of that sorted out, though...
Let's see... After that, I have my Drama journal to worry about, since it's the next thing due that's not finished. I'll have to just grit my teeth and write it, I think, otherwise I'm going to get frustrated and long-winded about some of the more ridiculous articles my prof has given us to repsond to.
Then that afternoon is my Inclusive Ed midterm. I can't imagine how that would be terribly difficult, but I should study for it. All I basically have to do is choose the multiple choice answer that most closely resembles either the phrase "Other people are evil for not giving Special Needs students ways to be in normal classrooms," or the phrase "Special Needs students are wonderful and we recognize that with every moral and loving fibre of our being."
Once that's done, I have to finish my assessment items. I didn't think I had to specify the level of the taxonomy for each item, but I do. Boo. Once I finish with that, though, there's only the midterm for that class left. Yay! Well, and my Dramatic Form paper, but that's not due until next Tuesday--too far away to worry about now. And now our meeting's done, so I'm going to go home. :-)
I've got some articles together for my Empirical Classroom Management paper for my Policy Studies class. I'll be writing about the effect of technology in the classroom on classroom management. Exciting, eh? I should get most of that sorted out, though...
Let's see... After that, I have my Drama journal to worry about, since it's the next thing due that's not finished. I'll have to just grit my teeth and write it, I think, otherwise I'm going to get frustrated and long-winded about some of the more ridiculous articles my prof has given us to repsond to.
Then that afternoon is my Inclusive Ed midterm. I can't imagine how that would be terribly difficult, but I should study for it. All I basically have to do is choose the multiple choice answer that most closely resembles either the phrase "Other people are evil for not giving Special Needs students ways to be in normal classrooms," or the phrase "Special Needs students are wonderful and we recognize that with every moral and loving fibre of our being."
Once that's done, I have to finish my assessment items. I didn't think I had to specify the level of the taxonomy for each item, but I do. Boo. Once I finish with that, though, there's only the midterm for that class left. Yay! Well, and my Dramatic Form paper, but that's not due until next Tuesday--too far away to worry about now. And now our meeting's done, so I'm going to go home. :-)
9/30/2006
Ugh
So I'm at my parents' computer, printing off Inclusive Ed notes from WebCT so that I can study them for the midterm this week. For some reason, it's taking forever to print off Powerpoint slides (I guess I've never printed them at home before), so I'm killing time by updating this thing.
It has been somewhat of an unpleasant week. I've been ridiculously stressed out by everything that's due next week, and my sleep patterns are off and I'm feeling nauseous and my car is sick, to boot. I think something broke and coolant fluid leaked out. All I know is that the engine is overheating like mad, but I can't get any warm air in the cabin of the car. This happened on Wednesday, and I still haven't called the shop. It's not too bad, though, since my parents are in Banff and I've been able to drive my mom's car. They come back this afternoon, though, so I'm going to have to give it back. ^_^
As I said, my sleep is all messed. I slept over 17 hours on Wednesday night. And then I satayed awake for eight hours and slept for eight more. I made myself get up at nine this morning, because that way I didn't oversleep, and I feel fine, but I felt like hell last night. I'm not sure if it's the smell of the leather interior of my mom's car (which makes me carsick), but I've been really sick to my stomach the past couple of days. Bah. I drove myself home last night in queasy semi-consciousness last night before taking yet more Gravol and passing out. Thank God I feel better after I've slept between six and ten hours.
So, yeah, I'm going to Spruce Grove. I've decided not to mention which school or the name of my mentor teacher, since my Policy Studies prof has convinced me that it's unprofessional, but I do imagine that I will be posting tales of anonymous 15-year-old guys being stupid in CALM class.
I think the reason this is taking so long is that my printer is running out of black ink. Everything's coming out in a pleasant shade of grey.
Let's see... what else is new with me...? Oh, here's something for you guys to balk at with me: Those of you who have been through this will remember having to write an IPP for Inclusive Ed. This is done in groups of five, and it's due November 1st. I wasn't in class the day that the groups met up and whatnot, so I had no say in who our group co-ordinator was. Fine, whatever. It's in the distance, compared to everything else that's about to crush me. However, after being unable to make our first group meeting (I was *so* not about to cancel my doctor's appointment when I'm feeling like this), I get an e-mail sayting that the next group meeting will be October 11th, and I need to have my part of the assignment done by then. October 11th is the Wednesday of our observation week, and the day after the new due date of my Dramatic Forma paper, since I begged my prof for an extention on that one. I haven't written back to my group co-ordinator, but I anticipate my reply being some sort of euphemism for "bite me." There is no reason why this chick should be making me have this assignment done a full three weeks before it's due when there's ten thousand other things that we all have to finish and only a couple hours' worth of editing required.
Grr...
We still haven't sold our house. Still haven't had a viewing, as far as I know. However, there are little things, like the fly that was caught in between the window and the screen that I let free a couple of minutes ago. I haven't been in this room since my parents left (before now, that is), and I'm not sure that fly could have survived trapped since Wednesday. So there may be viewings going on that I'm not being told about. That would be highly rude, especially since I'm not going to keep the house perpetually immaculate when the real estate angent is supposed to call and tell me when somebody will be coming. It's all spiffy-looking now, though, since I'm going to be leaving as soon as I finish printing these notes, and if my parents get back and find it other than spiffy, they're going to have massive strokes/heart attacks/other bad things, and nobody, espeically not me as the recipient, wants that.
It has been somewhat of an unpleasant week. I've been ridiculously stressed out by everything that's due next week, and my sleep patterns are off and I'm feeling nauseous and my car is sick, to boot. I think something broke and coolant fluid leaked out. All I know is that the engine is overheating like mad, but I can't get any warm air in the cabin of the car. This happened on Wednesday, and I still haven't called the shop. It's not too bad, though, since my parents are in Banff and I've been able to drive my mom's car. They come back this afternoon, though, so I'm going to have to give it back. ^_^
As I said, my sleep is all messed. I slept over 17 hours on Wednesday night. And then I satayed awake for eight hours and slept for eight more. I made myself get up at nine this morning, because that way I didn't oversleep, and I feel fine, but I felt like hell last night. I'm not sure if it's the smell of the leather interior of my mom's car (which makes me carsick), but I've been really sick to my stomach the past couple of days. Bah. I drove myself home last night in queasy semi-consciousness last night before taking yet more Gravol and passing out. Thank God I feel better after I've slept between six and ten hours.
So, yeah, I'm going to Spruce Grove. I've decided not to mention which school or the name of my mentor teacher, since my Policy Studies prof has convinced me that it's unprofessional, but I do imagine that I will be posting tales of anonymous 15-year-old guys being stupid in CALM class.
I think the reason this is taking so long is that my printer is running out of black ink. Everything's coming out in a pleasant shade of grey.
Let's see... what else is new with me...? Oh, here's something for you guys to balk at with me: Those of you who have been through this will remember having to write an IPP for Inclusive Ed. This is done in groups of five, and it's due November 1st. I wasn't in class the day that the groups met up and whatnot, so I had no say in who our group co-ordinator was. Fine, whatever. It's in the distance, compared to everything else that's about to crush me. However, after being unable to make our first group meeting (I was *so* not about to cancel my doctor's appointment when I'm feeling like this), I get an e-mail sayting that the next group meeting will be October 11th, and I need to have my part of the assignment done by then. October 11th is the Wednesday of our observation week, and the day after the new due date of my Dramatic Forma paper, since I begged my prof for an extention on that one. I haven't written back to my group co-ordinator, but I anticipate my reply being some sort of euphemism for "bite me." There is no reason why this chick should be making me have this assignment done a full three weeks before it's due when there's ten thousand other things that we all have to finish and only a couple hours' worth of editing required.
Grr...
We still haven't sold our house. Still haven't had a viewing, as far as I know. However, there are little things, like the fly that was caught in between the window and the screen that I let free a couple of minutes ago. I haven't been in this room since my parents left (before now, that is), and I'm not sure that fly could have survived trapped since Wednesday. So there may be viewings going on that I'm not being told about. That would be highly rude, especially since I'm not going to keep the house perpetually immaculate when the real estate angent is supposed to call and tell me when somebody will be coming. It's all spiffy-looking now, though, since I'm going to be leaving as soon as I finish printing these notes, and if my parents get back and find it other than spiffy, they're going to have massive strokes/heart attacks/other bad things, and nobody, espeically not me as the recipient, wants that.
9/29/2006
Not What I'd Hoped For
I'm going to Spruce Grove.
And teaching CALM.
(And Drama 10 and 20, which should be good, but, really, Spruce Grove an CALM??? Yee...)
And teaching CALM.
(And Drama 10 and 20, which should be good, but, really, Spruce Grove an CALM??? Yee...)
9/27/2006
Why Am I Doing This, Again?
To add to next week's lineup from Hell:
October 4th: EDPY 301 (Inclusive Ed) Midterm.
fuckfuckfuck
Also, apparently we have to do an IPP group project. At least it won't be for Drama, although I don't know what it will be for, since I haven't read the case study yet. It's not due until November 1st, so I'm not going to panic about it now. I do, however, have to go to class today to meet with my group. Apparently I missed the mass confusion of Monday's class where that was supposed to happen.
And now I'm going to go get my ass in gear with that Assessment assignment.
October 4th: EDPY 301 (Inclusive Ed) Midterm.
fuckfuckfuck
Also, apparently we have to do an IPP group project. At least it won't be for Drama, although I don't know what it will be for, since I haven't read the case study yet. It's not due until November 1st, so I'm not going to panic about it now. I do, however, have to go to class today to meet with my group. Apparently I missed the mass confusion of Monday's class where that was supposed to happen.
And now I'm going to go get my ass in gear with that Assessment assignment.
9/25/2006
Pseudo-Construction-Paper
Hello, all. it is Monday at noon-time and I am at home. I came home because I need to "stage" my room on the off chance that there's a showing of the house today. My mom is slightly fanatical about some things...
I will be staying home, however, because this is a better work environment than the zoo. I'm going to do some journalling for my Drama class. We got back our first round assessment today. I lost marks on the bit about making my journal "more than a book report." Apparently, I have to break out the construction paper. I'm not sure what to do, though, and not just because I don't care for pseudo-creatively-expressive crap, but also because I'm feeling stubborn. My reflections are expressed just as I want them to be with just words, thankyouverymuch. The idea that I would _need_ many kinds of media is a time-consuming nuisance and an insult to my verbal prowress. ;-p
In other areas of my life, things are pretty uneventful. I did more or less nothing this weekend. I slept a lot. I passed out before nine on Thursday night and woke up after 11 Friday morning. I have adopted my signature come-what-may attitude towards school, which makes it a lot easier to work, but tends to piss off the profs with a large consideration for "may." Either I stress and get one thing done well enough, or I don't stress I get everything done well enough.. The course of action required to get everything done spectacularly is something I'm not considering. A lot of this stuff isn't worth that kind of effort.
Yeah, did I mention that by, staying home and doing work, I'll be missing my Inclusive Ed class? Then again, that's the one class that I don't have anything due in next week. ^_^ I think...
I'm trying to not spend money this week. I ate lunch at home today, and I brought my own coffee and got a free refill courtesy of my Drama prof, who makes a pot every morning. I have five hours tomorrow in which to come home and eat, should I not have time to pack my own lunch before class, which will probably be the case since it's an 8am class. The less money I spend, the more I have to feed Visa, the faster I pay down my debt, the faster I can rack some more up in the form of furniture and possibly a new iPod. My iPod was in a good mood yesterday, so I charged it all up and hopefully it'll stay that way. I don't think there's any hope for my FM transmitter, though. :-(
I should stop stalling and go "stage" my room. And then I can focus exclusively on being annoying about pseudo-creatively-expressive journalling. *glower*
9/21/2006
iPods!
I want a new iPod. "Fixing" mine didn't stick--it's still periodically unhappy. And the 80GB model is cheaper than the old 60GB model. I'm not even that upset that it doesn't have the big screen like I heard it might.
The problem, of course, is money. I owe my dad money, which I will be giving to him when he comes back from... where ever he is this week, and my mom's agreed to let me pay her back by buying new furniture myself, which is nice, because then I owe Visa money, and they don't glare at me every few days about it. I could probably afford the iPod, even after all this, since I'm working and whatnot, but the thing is that the iPod would have the same freakin' memory capacity as my computer. All I have to say about that is Holy Crap! And, of course, that I would have to buy an external hard drvie to store most of the video stuff I'd put in the iPod. My 20GB one is coming up on half full, but I'd be putting a lot of video on the new one, which means that I'd need more than the 30GB the smaller version has.
It's weird, but the idea of being able to keep all my music and (almost) all of my video with me is very comforting. I would have balked at that idea a couple of years ago, but owning my iPod has been like carrying around a little talisman of happiness and resource. I must be messed. ^_^ And if I don't get going soon, I'll also be late for my assessment class.
So! I leave you with this, fine people! What should I have inscribed, should I get a new iPod. I bought the one I have at a store, so it doesn't have an inscription, and I have no idea what to get, other than my name. So help me out, will you?
ETA: Check out my schedule for the week of the 3rd of October:
3rd: EDPS 310 Empirical Classroom Management assignment due.
4th: EDSE 322 Peer Teaching.
EDSE 322 Dramatic Form Paper due.
EDSE 322 Journal submission #2.
5th: EDPS 310 Midterm.
EDPY Assessment Items due.
I... May be a tad bit stressed around that time...
The problem, of course, is money. I owe my dad money, which I will be giving to him when he comes back from... where ever he is this week, and my mom's agreed to let me pay her back by buying new furniture myself, which is nice, because then I owe Visa money, and they don't glare at me every few days about it. I could probably afford the iPod, even after all this, since I'm working and whatnot, but the thing is that the iPod would have the same freakin' memory capacity as my computer. All I have to say about that is Holy Crap! And, of course, that I would have to buy an external hard drvie to store most of the video stuff I'd put in the iPod. My 20GB one is coming up on half full, but I'd be putting a lot of video on the new one, which means that I'd need more than the 30GB the smaller version has.
It's weird, but the idea of being able to keep all my music and (almost) all of my video with me is very comforting. I would have balked at that idea a couple of years ago, but owning my iPod has been like carrying around a little talisman of happiness and resource. I must be messed. ^_^ And if I don't get going soon, I'll also be late for my assessment class.
So! I leave you with this, fine people! What should I have inscribed, should I get a new iPod. I bought the one I have at a store, so it doesn't have an inscription, and I have no idea what to get, other than my name. So help me out, will you?
ETA: Check out my schedule for the week of the 3rd of October:
3rd: EDPS 310 Empirical Classroom Management assignment due.
4th: EDSE 322 Peer Teaching.
EDSE 322 Dramatic Form Paper due.
EDSE 322 Journal submission #2.
5th: EDPS 310 Midterm.
EDPY Assessment Items due.
I... May be a tad bit stressed around that time...
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