Friday, May 18th 2012

 Today was my last day at The American School; I cannot describe how I felt among happy and sad, happy because I’m finishing my school, sad because I´m going to miss some students, the news about my last day was surprising for Ms MeGee, but I know that she understands, at least in my last activity they were responsible they were participative in everything specially one group of 8th grade while they are filling the gaps of the lyrics they were singing, I felt satisfied with my work even I have to admit I had few bad days and a lot of good days, was an unforgettable experience. The most important part was when Ms MeGee told them (8th grade my favorite group) “today is the last day of MsRios” and the guys began clapping and telling me to stay. I don´t have words to describe I wanted to cry, unforgettable.

Friday, May 11th 2012

                           Today was the talent show so I had been working with 3 junior high groups, and 2 in high school, what can I say? The same junior high guys are good students maybe some teachers could say that they are the worst but they need motivations to work, at least with me they were working, reading, and writing, some of them talking to me in English I spent 3 great days with them. The talent show was awful what kind of mothers day festival is this? In my personal opinion, I didn´t like it, I have to admit there were a really good drums players, but I expected something different not this. Anyway I spent an entertain time.                                        

Tuesday, May 8th 2012

                                           I arrived a little bit late some things happened to me and wanted not to repeat again, perhaps was a bad decision but I preferred to spend a shame, again I was working with 10th and 12th graders, I took the first group (10th) to the library they had to read and to write a draft about the book they were working better in the library than in the classroom, with se second we were working on presentations, they were talkative all the class, in spite that details I feel good with them.

Monday, May 7th 2012

I received an inbox telling me that some teachers decided to share me, at the beginning I felt mad, dissatisfied, and really I had no reason to be like that, first is my work, second another students, just another experience, I was working in the morning with junior high and in the middle of the morning with high school, I was working with 10th and 12th alone, I was with Ms Pohl with 12th graders, but I was the most comfortable working with the other grades OMG they were amazing but I felt bad too about the bad comments about their regular teacher, what can I do? Nothing just tells them that all their teachers are good with their jobs. Almost forgot something when I arrived in the morning with my JH grades I felt Ms MeGee like mad I really want to think that are my nervous, saw her different with me made though things.  
                                 

Friday, May 4th 2012

  Happy, tired, I feel today was an excellent day although all that things that happened to me, know was wrong, I want to forget that part, there are days that I enjoy Ms MeGee classes, as I mentioned she is a really good teacher, but I feel that the guys get more easily with her, unfortunately I had hear some comments about her class obvious they take advantage that she almost cannot understand Spanish (at least they think that) to make bad comments about her almost in her face. In spite comments or anything I’m taking notes about an experienced teacher.

Tuesday, April 24th 2012

After my awful day today was different I felt better, I was helping Ms MeGee, we watched a movie about the book Holes I was entertained we read we solve quizzes was a good day. But im begging to finish this, i´m comfortable but i have a lot of things to do like my thesis. But also are experiences

Friday, April 20th 2012

What an awful day….. really I felt the worst ever wasn´t my day I felt really ashamed with M MeGee, but I know that not always we are going to have excellent days that comment made me feel good, but in 2 of my activities I got blocked even I can´t improvise an had to change one, one easier than the first poor guys and poor me, in the 9th graders activity… really I can´t understand them they hate to write and specially this day they wanted to write, well I gave the instructions about the activity they had to put sentences in the correct form, so they were harmful, they were screaming the answers and I don’t know why this day I cannot talk aloud when Ms MeGee got angry and she told them that she really felt ashamed with me because I am a practicing and they had to show respect to me and to my work that eve I was making observation about the classes and writing monthly reports, this day I felt disappointed with this group isn´t correct to mentions but they were one of  my spoiled students and with this kind of attitudes they fell down, and I felt bad about them, because as I mention before they are screaming attention but we are just their teachers and we can give and advise, and such teachers we shouldn´t remove the responsibility to the parents, they must care for their children. After situation that I observed I can identify the Why? of students attitude, in recent events some of them are going to go alone because their parents prefer stay at home or doing different activities. May be their behavior is understandable 

Tuesday, April 17th 2012

                                                 
Today wasn´t an especiall day we read, surprisingly they were quiet sometimes I get bored about the same in class …. But every class is interesting how Ms MeGee explained each instruction I really feel good working with her.  But some of the guys do not help at all, always always there is going to exist the black rice.

Monday, April 16th 2012

                               WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL …… after our vacations I supposed to come back full of energy… and so was, I can´t say nothing about them they were participative in almost everything but I’m still thinking that some of them need special attention not because they are silly … simply they ask for attention in a bad way, I think they are nice guys (not all of them) but that´s my opinion…. Some of them were worse after vacations, we were working very well, and as I didn´t have activity I was helping Ms MeGee, she is so nice.

Friday, March 30th 2012

                                          

THANKS GOD IS FRIDAY …. THANKS GOD VACATIONS!!!!!! I am happy because I will be on vacations at least in school. Today I just had four classes and I really enjoyed the two last classes because Ms MeGee just gave said the activities, she asked me to take care of the groups I thought that I will be nervous but I felt confident with my work and the most the guys responded pretty well to my instructions……. SEE YOU ON APRIL.

Tuesday, March 27th 2012

I had exam with 8^th and 9^th graders first time that I saw them quiet,

I got tired I do not why. Again I feel satisfied when they call me for a doubt no matter if the one of the groups call me Ms Rocio, it´s good to know that as a practicing they trust in you when they have doubts I feel important (jajajaj), and at the same time I want to rest for them, I want to finish, really has been a good experience.

Monday, March 26th 2012

                                                    

I got surprise today, my activity was a reflection about CADMUN and I got bad comments for the students among them one telling that where is the money that they pay monthly they are thieves,  and about the utilities were the worst they ever had, I can understand that they are disappointed about that things, but I they have in mind that not always material things are important in this case for me the most important in to interact with others, knowing that im improving my speaking, unfortunately all my groups wrote those things.

Friday, March 23th 2012

                                           

Today was CADMUN day and I feel bad for being absent it could have been another experience, but I had a lot of thesis work too and I prefer stay at home and work on it because I do not have chance in my job, I would have love to be there.

Tuesday, March 20th 2012

Today was a normal day grammar quiz, checking drafts etc… there are days that I felt interesting when students ask me for a doubt that makes me feel really good moreover also I am happy because I ´m still working with Ms MeGee she is an excellent teacher she knows how to control de group working with her has been a great experience I’m learning new words a lot of thing about teaching.

                                               

Friday, March 16th 2012

                                          

Another day that I spent in the practice for CADMUN I really enjoy to see those kids defending their topic and giving solutions for the other topics, of course that is different when listening the 7^th graders than 8^th and 9^th graders, the most strange I seen was that if Ms Luz is in the classroom she allows to speak in Spanish. I think she is influenced by students if they say black she is agree, it supposed that they are practicing for that great day and they don´t want to follow instructions.

Tuesday, March 13th 2012

                                             

Today was the worst day, I felt like tired, bored, hungry, sleepy everything happened to me today. I was confused in the classes all the classes were the same, I was confused I did not understand anything but in spite those problems I worked with them, I helped them. I´m like sad because is my last week with Ms MeGee I really like to be in her class she´s a good teacher, and know how to treat the most undisciplinated guys, I would like to spend all my service with her. 

Monday, march 12th 2012

Today I had a good day I worked with my activities I really felt happy, comfortable, satisfied, and was an excellent day, today with my group of 9^th we worked really good, today i ask for a helper I was surprising when the majority of the class raised the hand I felt surprising about that, but I choose the famous Miguel they guy who named me “chacha”, I asked him to passed the worksheets and after that I had read the instructions, something happened with Miguel I noted I his face happiness of that someone take him into account when I  seen that face I felt better is what he needs ATTENTION if one day I thought ignore him it is impossible at least I can´t, with him.  With my other groups worked very well in a few words was an excellent day.

                                          

Tuesday, March 6th 2012

Today I had an excellent day, I woke up with a better mood, I was helping in English class, I felt better than other days I supposed is because I changed my schedule, but I had a detail with a guy . is the typical guy that you can´t let him alone in the English class he was working very well, so I arrived and scratched his head and he told me

St. miss porque me agarra la cabeza .pos no soy perro

And uncociously I said,

MsRios. But you behave like that.

After I said that I I thought what did I said? But I never felt bad or with regret. And he was insistent with the titular of the class at the last the Miss turn to see him and the students said what happened and the teacher told him...

Miss. I don’t really think that she called you in that way, and if she did, she did because dog follows instructions, and you are a good boy that why she told you that.

I that moment I felt relieved, at the end of the class I told to the Miss that wasn´t my intention to do that, I really felt bad about Miguel, and sadly she told me that this guy keep all the negative things that people said. I feel the necessity to talk with him, I want to know more about this guy, about their feelings at school, I heard some comments about him like “que feo estas cabron .. me das miedo” so I think that those kind of comments affect him. Especially this day this group was undisciplinated. TODAY THEY WERE SO RUDENESS WITH THE TEACHER. Sometimes I feel shame for the teachers, of having those kind of students. In my own opinion all of them need a punishment.

                                           

Monday, March 5th 2012

Today I woke up with bad news, for today I don´t have nothing to say I just spent 2 classes in the college, but in these 2 hours I was the most comfortable than other day, I felt wow… but I must confess that I felt nervous about some new groups :S, I had prepared some activities for them (all the groups). I love my new schedule I’m working with 2 of the best in that school. I expect to learn a lot of both. 

Friday, March 2nd 2012

                                                           

Today I spent all the morning in debates, but I was interesting, they were practicing for CADMUN, as I mentioned, not all of them have a good behavior, but the detail is  that they know with who they should be unrespectful, and it is sad. I´m still thinking that some of them need special attention. But specially in this day I was observing the different debates, and some that I noted is that when I told to a teacher that I will working with the English teachers she got mad, but I’m sorry I prefer spend my time learning of experienced people, than being with passive people. THANK GOD IS FRIDAY

Tuesday, February 28th 2012

 

I was working perfectly with the guys until 9^th grade was present in World History I arrived 2 minutes late to the class and one of the guys said “ya llego la chacha” so I turned to saw him and he was surprising in watching me he never thought that I would listen him, and he laugh, so I went with him and I said him

 MsRios “is the last time that I listen that you call me in that way

Miguel. Pero usted sabe que no lo es

MsRios i know, but if you want that I respect you have to respect me, ok

Miguel. ok ms disculpeme.

But he never spoke in English, then in the English class with the same group, the teacher was talking with one guy, but she leave some books in the desk, so I started to passed the books to the st, and they started

Ss. No se deje miss …. No se dejeee... la miss bien agusto platicando allá afuera y usted haciendo el trabajo que le corresponde a ella.

MsRios if I’m passings the books it´s because I want do it not because she ask me to do it .

Ss. Ayy siii muy acomedida .. Y minimo le están pagando para que haga el trabajo de la miss.

I preferred be quiet but every day that I spent I that School I feel so disappointed. The teachers do not have a lesson plan, at least it seems. Some of them are not teachers. Today I was talking with Geography´s teacher she was telling me that they can´t say nothing to them just for the reason that they are paying, the only thing that told her that we as a teacher we must to respect us, first. Because I see that she let the students shout her. So I feel a lot of shame for her.

He is the famous Miguel 

Monday, February 27th 2012

                                               

I have to be honest, I wished would not Sunday end …….. I started to think in 9^th grade ……… but was a relaxing day I read in all the groups. Nothing special today. But im still thinking that some of the guys need attention of their parents, I cannot feel comfortable with one group I feel that they steal my energy. 

Friday, February 24th 2012

                                                     

Today was awful students were worse than other days I wanted to believe that it was Friday but   specially with 8^th grade one of the girls was playing one of the boys really I was impressed that the teacher did anything, after 10 minutes she got angry and shout her and threatened that would lead her to the principal´s office, that was the only way she was quiet. This Friday was my first day with 11^th and 10^th grades because the Ms was absent so I had to give the class, fortunately one group had test, in the other they responded to the activities, both groups were respectful with me, perhaps I felt nervous but passing the time disappeared.

Tuesday, February 21st 2012

Today I applied an activity for 7^th grade in geography class after their test, I love this group I supposed is because they are younger I was happy with my activity even with them. I don’t have any good words for 9^th it’s hard to work with them. With high school I was working in one activity they were responding pretty well.  Totally comfortable. I’m knowing more about my students.   

                                                                       

Monday, February 20 2012

 

One more day… today almost I did not do anything was exams day. I was working with the 9^th grade guys (poor of me :S )really I haven’t seen guys so rude, they don’t have respect for anybody so I decided to apply the most difficult activities, I asked them a description of 200 words in ten minutes and surprisingly they did it. But really all my respect to the teachers who have to handle with them. The interesting is when we have to go with the high school guys … I spent all this time reading… In fact today I met new group 12^th, they are nice guys, and we started the week watching an interesting movie named F11.

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Thank God is Friday, my very morning groups were working in their activities, but I was thinking why do they don’t speak in English? It supposed that the majority of them study there since kindergarten I made a comment to a student about why they did not speak in English and the answer was because they aren’t exigent with us. What can I say? Nothing and I repeat POOR TEACHERS. Those guys are so rude with their teachers, but students do have fault, teachers have a part of fault about student’s behavior. 

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

My second day Mr. sharp introduce me to the teachers and students telling them that I will be working with them, helping to their teacher, that I will be able to apply activities for them, the case was work with them, but when I arrived to Geography class, ¡OH MY GOD! I heard and I can’t believe it the students are special case, they don’t have respect for anybody, they scream, sing, and play with their macbooks. I almost forgot, one of the teachers told of why I don’t have just English classes instead Physics, Biology, because in English class they are learning in how to create a portfolio, researches, projects and all those stuffs, I never felt scared with this kind of classes, because I can read, I can study about those subjects, but the Miss felt scared, nervous and all this kind of feelings because she never feel comfortable with her English, with her pronunciation (awful… by the way). In some classes I noted that teacher wanted to do things that supposed she or he should made at the beginning of the course, like set the rule of SPEAK IN ENGLISH PLEASE and what do the students say? WHY TEACHER IF YOU NEVER SPEAK US IN ENGLISH. Poor teachers.

                                                 

Monday, February 13th, 2012

My first day at the American School, I do not know if say that I was lucky because almost all my groups were in exam, but I can realize about their behavior. In Geography´s  the teacher told me “make your activity for this class and when you see that your teachers are arriving to the class you stand up and give apply the activity, if not you relax” so I responded her she is not going to notice me the day, she is going to arrive surprisingly.

Friday, February 10th, 2012

 Today I went to the American School to meet the teachers, was a meeting I do not have to much to say about that day, well obviously I felt nervous because I did not  know what kind of students are they, I felt excited. There were a lot of feelings; I have to give class to junior high and high school. In that moment I felt... Like what?.