The Adventures of Week Six.....

Week six has been yet another great week. Once again, I cannot emphasize enough that teaching has its ups and downs, good days and bad days. Well, Tuesday was one of those bad days that just so happened to turn into a really great day. I came in Tuesday morning feeling like I was simply "flying by the seat of my pants." I was exhausted and in a funk. Not to mention the fact that the children were not acting like themselves. They were a little bit more roudy than normal. Well, I took them to art class, which was first thing in the morning at 8:15. To say the least, it was a nice break first thing in the morning, especially since I was in a funk. I picked them up from art class around 8:50, and I could tell that they were still a bit roudy. Wel, when they came back in to the classroom, they immediately went to work. So at this point, who do you guess comes strolling in to the classroom!? Yep, you guessed it....the assistant principal. She was completing a random lesson plan check. No big deal, but again, they kids were CRAZY! In all honesty, I really just wanted to ball up in a corner and cry!

While she was in there, I sat there and thought to myself, "She might as well sit down and observe me while she is in here; it can't get much worse than this!" So I invited her to sit down and complete the Regent evaluation form right then and there. The assistant principal observed me for nearly thirty minutes, and then left me a sticky note on my desk that said, "Lauren, You are doing a wonderful job! You are very confident and concise, too! Come by and see me today during P.E. time." Of course I am thinking to myself, "This can't be good; my lesson was a disaster; my reputation is ruined!"

The rest of the day seemed to creap by. I was so thankful when it was time to take the children to P.E. because I felt as if I could finally just put my misery to rest. So I made my journey down to the principals office. When I sat down, the first thing that the A.P. asked me was, "so how do you think you did?" I looked at her and said, "honestly, it was one of the worst lessons ever, and I felt like it was nothing but a disaster!" She immediately look perplexed and told me that if that was a bad day then she would like to observe me on a good day because my bad day is comparable to some teachers good days. At that point, I had no idea what to say because she completely took me off guard! She proceeded to go over my evaluation, which was very, very good. Then she asked me a few questions about when I would be graduating, receiving my lisence and when would I be on the job market. So to say the least, after our meeting, my extremely, horrible, no good, very bad day turned into a wonderful one!