Aurora Dimitre's Books and Rambling

 

 

 It's weird coming back to teach instead of just going and teaching for the first time. First of all, I know what to expect now, like how the seventh graders are sweet and sit still now but by October will be little helldemons. It's also that now, apparently, the principal thinks I did a good enough job that he gave me a Read180 class and populated it with three kids that probably don't need to be in there (one who DEFINITLEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THERE) and one kid who does need to be in there instead of just like, putting them in the Learning Center.  My seniors graduate this year. Hopefully. One out of seven didn't come back, and I know three will graduate, one will if she decides she will, one's good enough at pulling shit together last minute he'll probably make it, and one that I'm... a little worried about, but can do it. Hopefully we don't have any more dropouts.  One thing that's new this year is that Steven is student-teaching across the hall in...

 So, school starts tomorrow, I got certified to teach with literally sixteen hours to spare , and it's time to look at my summer to-do and see... what I failed at and what I completed. So.  My first goal was to move. I did move. I no longer live fifty miles away from my job. Now I live twenty miles away from my job. Yay, not spending 125$ on gas a week!  The second goal was to get my Guns'n'Roses tattoo. This is one that did not end up happening. Moving took an entire month and then there was just so much going on and I got a stupid job ?? For the summer??? And also infrequently during the school year??? I'm back at the library. Long story short, I'm still working on that one.  Third goal was to take and pass my PTK test, which I did. Professional teaching knowledge, by the way. Uh, took this one remotely, hated that.  Fourth was to take my English test. Did that as well. Took that one in a testing center and that was a lot better.  Fifth was to read 100 bo...