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January 26, 2012

So I’m trying to research for JET right now.

Something I had so much time to do.

We’ll be seeing very shortly if we’ve gotten an interview or not.

I’m on tenterhooks. Absolute tenterhooks.

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January 17, 2012

I’m faced with that dilemma again.

I think I need to sit down and write everything out.

I’m sitting here, still looking for jobs, and I’m just… arghlblarghl.

I received my SASE from JET confirming that they’d received and processed my application. That’s great so far, only… I still need to find a job, and what if I did find a teaching job, but then I up and left within a few months? That just wouldn’t be right. And if I signed a contract?

I just don’t know what to do.

It’s admittedly hard enough for me to make myself find a job. I feel such guilt. And like I’m such a waste. I need to really put in more effort. I owe my scholarship a lot of money very soon and I don’t have the time to be doddering around doing nothing.

I mean. I don’t even know if I’d get accepted to JET, etc, so… 

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August 11, 2011

Graduation is over!

HOORAY.

I’m so tired. The lights onstage were incredibly hot and I know we teachers were probably just as tired as our students were. 

My day at work: Got to work, fed the kids, went to rehearsal, went back to the school, fed the kids, changed them, went back, GRADUATION, bam, somehow it was 4 o’clock.

Whaaaaat.

I felt like passing out a few times, but probably not moreso than my fellow co-worker/person to whom I passed on the task of guiding the children during graduation. I wish her all the best in drinking tonight, and that I’m drinking with her in spirit; too damn tired right now. 

Additionally…

Tomorrow’s my last day of work!

Maybe I’ll celebrate then. Eheheh.

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May 11, 2011
Today was absolutely fantastic! I was a bit anxious because I had my first two home visits, but they went wonderfully. I finally got to go to one student’s house who had been moving the last time, and it was pleasant to see his home dynamic. (It was also very kind of his mother to come pick him up and allow for me to follow her!) My second home visit was just… hnnng.  ♥ I won’t lie. This family is my favorite family, both as people and their child. They are so incredible and … stable. They support one another no matter what, and they are an absolute blessing. The child was so excited to show me his room, he actually led me by the hand. Ah, my heart. He’d had to leave for an appointment, so I went over the rest of the material with his mother. Later on, we got to talking, and I didn’t want to offend their culture by not taking up on a beverage, etc, but I’d had to go… Only, we’d spoken so long that I ended up having some dinner there, after all! For experiences like these, I am only too grateful.

Today was absolutely fantastic!

I was a bit anxious because I had my first two home visits, but they went wonderfully. I finally got to go to one student’s house who had been moving the last time, and it was pleasant to see his home dynamic. (It was also very kind of his mother to come pick him up and allow for me to follow her!)

My second home visit was just… hnnng.  ♥

I won’t lie. This family is my favorite family, both as people and their child. They are so incredible and … stable. They support one another no matter what, and they are an absolute blessing. The child was so excited to show me his room, he actually led me by the hand. Ah, my heart.

He’d had to leave for an appointment, so I went over the rest of the material with his mother. Later on, we got to talking, and I didn’t want to offend their culture by not taking up on a beverage, etc, but I’d had to go…

Only, we’d spoken so long that I ended up having some dinner there, after all!

For experiences like these, I am only too grateful.

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May 03, 2011
thingsforteachers: ohmuffins: I could write a book about how enraged this makes me. Instead, I’ll settle for a sarcastic giggle. Am I right, teachers? Pfft, I know I’m right. Same!!! Every time someone makes a comment about how early I get home, I say “……………….I left for work at 6am this morning.” Then, I think: Were you even awake when I was in first period? My typical day is 6:30-3:30. … Don’t get me started. I don’t even have a summer break (we’re year-round). Sooo. 

thingsforteachers:

ohmuffins:

I could write a book about how enraged this makes me.

Instead, I’ll settle for a sarcastic giggle. Am I right, teachers? Pfft, I know I’m right.

Same!!! Every time someone makes a comment about how early I get home, I say “……………….I left for work at 6am this morning.” Then, I think: Were you even awake when I was in first period? My typical day is 6:30-3:30.

… Don’t get me started. I don’t even have a summer break (we’re year-round). Sooo. 

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April 22, 2011
think4yourself: absurdlakefront: futurejournalismproject: Who Pays Teachers Best for their Time? Hours primary school teachers spend working on the left. Teachers salary after 15 years of experience / GDP per capita on the right The biggie version of this infographic also includes: how much teachers around the world make (Luxembourgh tops), average class size (Mexico tops… or bottoms if you will) and salary levels vs student achievement (Finland tops).  Korea is often brought up as an example of a highly competative and functional education system, and I would look at the column on the right to see one of the reasons why.  You want really excellent teachers?  Pay them well. This. Is. Depressing…. This is truth.

think4yourself:

absurdlakefront:

futurejournalismproject:

Who Pays Teachers Best for their Time?

Hours primary school teachers spend working on the left.

Teachers salary after 15 years of experience / GDP per capita on the right

The biggie version of this infographic also includes: how much teachers around the world make (Luxembourgh tops), average class size (Mexico tops… or bottoms if you will) and salary levels vs student achievement (Finland tops). 

Korea is often brought up as an example of a highly competative and functional education system, and I would look at the column on the right to see one of the reasons why.  You want really excellent teachers?  Pay them well.

This. Is. Depressing….

This is truth.

(Source: futurejournalismproject, via thingsforteachers)