Thursday, January 28, 2010

All good



Cardigan: Martin and Osa
Tank: Old Navy
Pants: RW & co.
Shoes: Naturalizer

I had a much better day than yesterday. The work drama has been solved. Here's what happened. I teach three sections of grade 9 English, even though I do not have an English major. I always have one section of social studies (my major was history). Our school has a severe shortage of English teachers so yesterday I was told that my social studies 10 class was going to be replaced with an English 10 class.

This struck fear into my stomach. I literally thought I was going to be sick. I would be taking over a course in the middle after the students have already had two other teachers this year. I would be picking up next Wednesday in the middle of a novel I have not read and then moving into Julius Caesar, poetry, and Of Mice and Men. I felt very under qualified for this and worried that I would be setting these kids up for failure next year. I can fake it through grade 9 English but grade 10 is a big step up.

Luckily, a fellow teacher volunteered to help me out today. She is also a grade 9 English teacher and is an actual English major. She has also taught grade 10 English before. She offered to switch her grade 9 English with my grade 10. Thank goodness! So I had a much better day today. No wine will be needed tonight!

7 comments:

  1. Glad it all sorted itself out - how awful that must have felt!

    Love the cardi & stripes today.

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  2. Wow, someone else loves M&O too? I usually have to explain what it is to people here.

    Great blog, I just stumbled upon it via post-fab princess...

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  3. Heidi, it was a huge relief. I always try my best to do a good job and really didn't feel like I was capable of doing so.

    Haley, I'm a HUGE M&O fan. I always have to explain it to people as well. A lot of people can't over the fact that I shop at M&O online and have never been to an actual store.
    I love your blog, btw. I love it when I discover new bloggers!

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  4. I sympathize with you. I have to teach 12 U Biology for the first time on Tuesday. Oh boy.

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  5. Oh my goodness that sounds so horribly stressful! That's so sweet that your friend offered to help you out!

    http://bonjouritsjinah.blogspot.com/

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  6. !!! Amazing! We *were* style twins this week. :)

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  7. 12 biology, wowsers! That's a course where you have to know your stuff! Good luck Casey!

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