Thursday, December 29, 2005

The past 3 months

I have been buried with work and have not been able to post nor compose anything at all. Work has been difficult at the school that I teach at, I hope this break will afford me the opportunity to reflect and refocus before the start of the second semester. When I return from Winter break I will have about two weeks before the start of the next semester. Work has been more anguishing and frustrating than uplifting and enlightening.


A regular work day starts for me goes like this
  1. 5:30 am, I get up, eat, get dressed, and out the door ideally by 6:30
    am.
  2. But I usually linger, watch some news, or drink a second cup of coffee and
    usually out around 6:45 am.
  3. 7:00-7:15 am, I get to work depending on traffic. I sit down turn
    on my laptop and print out my lessons for the day, go to the copier and make
    copies.
  4. 7:45 to 12:00 pm, I teach three 80 minute block classes.
  5. 12:00 to 12:25 pm is my actual lunch. Usually I am tidying my
    classroom for the next teacher.
  6. 12:25 to 1:45 pm is my planning block I try to be productive and spend most of
    that time grading or doing other small teaching tasks. Sometimes
    I just need to sit down and not be productive and relax
    from
    a bad morning of teaching.
  7. 1:50 to 3:10 pm is my last block class and is usually my best and most
    productive of the day.
  8. 3:10 to 4:00 pm is my planning time which I try to tidy the classroom and
    then try to organize for the next day. Sometimes students come in for
    extra help, sometimes I have students serve detention (which most don't show
    up). Perhaps talk with my coworkers on work related issues.
  9. 4:10-4:30 pm is usually when I leave for home.
  10. 4:30-5:00 pm is usually when I arrive home.
  11. 5:00 to 8:00 pm is unwind time with Ahmie and Liam, depending on if dinner
    is made or not 6-7 is spent cooking something edible.
  12. 8:00 to 12:00 pm or later is spent working on grading, writing lesson
    plans or class notes, powerpoint presentations.
  13. 5:30 pm wake up.
  14. Lather, Rinse, Repeat

Well at least I get the summers off right.

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