31 posts from November 2007

Possibly the only interesting thing I've seen in Geography class this semester. My professor was flipping through boring power point slides of sports maps until he flipped through this map way too fast. One of my classmates pops in and says, "Wait! Go back to the Singles slide! I need to know where I should go."

So, back we went to the singles slide.
It all makes sense. Not enough single men on the east coast.

It's the end of the semester and everything and anything is due. Honestly? I don't understand what the point is in stressing us out and having every project due at the same time before finals. I mean, seriously. It isn't healthy for us to stress, cry, freak out, and go insane at the end of every semester. I'm glad I have one teacher who's lenient and actually cares about his students. He's the youngest, and I'm pretty sure he understands. Woo. Every other teacher I have this semester is... ugh. I don't want to complain until after final grades are released. I'm just overwhelmed and quite frankly exhausted. I don't feel like doing anything, but I have my Winter Break planned out.

1) Christmas Season begins on December 15th for me. That's when the shopping begins.
2) Hit the gym. Heh, one of my classmates told me she gained ten pounds this semester, and I said the same exact thing back. I'm going to lose those ten pounds this winter break.
3) No work. I know I have a week before the kids have their winter break, but I'm not going to ask to work that entire week. I'm having a break from everything.
4) Bars. I want alcohol.

I did sign up for next semester's classes. I've taken up a minor in Special Education, so I'm doing that next semester. Three 400-level classes and one 100-level/freshmen class... haha. I need a filler to have full-time status, and since all the art classes are full, I've taken up OTS 102-Advertising and Promotion. That'll be interesting.

Anyway, so for all you college folks, good luck on your projects/papers... and final exams. The semester is almost over!

Grr.
I've learned throughout my semi-short life that you have to take in the good and the bad. And if you really believe, something good's at the end of hard work. I've been so unmotivated and uninterested this semester because of the mediocre grades I've received. I've worked my hardest this semester on four-hundred level classes. I haven't worked so hard for something, ever, in my entire life. And it makes me feel worthless when I don't receive the grade I think I deserve.

Today, I got some good news. I haven't really received any good news this semester; I've been flying by just fine with mediocrity. However, I got all smiley in my Science Instructional class. I knew I got a 100% on the five lesson plans I wrote because the grade was on blackboard before he handed papers back. I didn't go to class last week when he handed them out, so I got my lesson plans back today. My professor wrote, "Good job!" on the cover and "Excellent" on one of my lesson plans. He came up individually to hand it to me and he said, "You've improved." Then, he crouched over next to me and asked if he could use my lesson plans (he'd reference me) for future semesters as an example of a lesson plan. Students have been asking him to show an example of a good lesson plan, and he asked ME if I could let him use my lesson plans as an example! I felt so flattered, you have no idea. It was an immediate smile. Accomplishment feels damn good.

The project that I thought was due today (Language Arts Sampler) is actually due Thursday. Why did I think it was due today? Hmm. I know, I know... I got it out of the way. But that means I didn't have to slave over it like I did. Ugh. And it's comforting to know that other students in my class are stressed out over it too. I worked my ass off on my Language Arts Sampler, and I wish I could show you all everything that went into it; I feel so proud of myself. We had to choose an award winning book (I choose The Hundred Dresses) and create four minilessons, a book talk, a guided reading lesson, a 3-D project, and two other tabs of work. I want to share with you all my 3-D project.
The 3-D Project is a project that the students (my grade level for this project is 4th) will do at home and bring into class. We were instructed not to do any dioramas and it had to stand on its own with some literacy aspect tied into it. The title of my 3-D project is A Closet of Characters. It's made out of an empty cereal box, construction paper, and pipe cleaners. Basically, it's a closet and inside the closet are three outfits (my outfits coincidentally are all dresses). On each of the outfits are three of the main characters' names from the book (Wanda, Peggy, and Maddie). For each outfit an acrostic poem is written using one of the characters names and adjectives describing the character. The 3-D project incorporates SOLs about poetry, incorporating adjectives, and understanding the author's message.

I don't know if you all are actually interested in what I just wrote, hehe. But I just want to say that so far, so good. It's the end of the semester and everything from every class is due, PLUS exams are in two weeks. Ugh. Everyone's on their toes, stressed, and so out of it. I know I am.

Two more weeks.
So much studying to do.
So much rest I want.

Ciao

I'm pretty sure this Vox Hunt means what's good with every Monday, but, Mondays generally suck. However, I can tell you the good things that happened to today's Monday.

First, that $10 I (thought) I lost last (bad-luck-day) week showed up in the dryer, from the pockets of my pants. (I swear I checked my pockets twice for that money). Second, pineapple cake with marshmallow frosting. No shit it's delicious.

Good Night, ya'll. My eyes have horizontal red lines since yesterday, my head actually hurts from thinking so much, and I'm tired. Happy Monday.

It's in the oven...
Happy Thanksgiving, you all!