Beginning of Another week

Well its tuesday night so its two days down and three to go lol. The week has started out pretty good im starting to get control of my huge class. I know this sounds bad because we've been in school so long but its just hard. I did have my third test in American History and my classes showed a subsantial improvment. However, I still believe that they could do better. I still can't get them to take notes although I am trying a new system that is very easy and it should get them to follow along better and interact.

First Loss

Well tonight my football team had our first loss. We dropped to 2-1 which by no means is a bad start it just really bothers me to see us lose to a team that we should have beat. However, that is coaching life for you. On a better not I recorded a class session today for the intersnship portion of the MAT program that I am in. I was really nervous but i believe that my own personal viewing of the tape along with the feedback that I will get will be very helpful to me during the rest of my teaching career.

First Weeks of School

The first couple weeks have been pretty hectic for me. I can honestly say that I have been more than just a little busy. I teach 5 classes a day. I teach 3 American History classes and 2 World History classes. I also have duty in the morning and a lunch duty. It is very hard to balance coaching and teaching along with graduate school work so I can already tell that this is going to be a very busy year. However, im looking forward to having a great year in the classroom and as well on the football field. Football is starting out very well both the Junior High and Senior High teams are 1-0. The Junior High plays Dumas this week and the Senior High has a bye week since Marvell cancelled on us. Im really enjoying coaching thought. Its not the same as playing but its as close as im going to get I imagine. Im also really enjoying the classroom. I love history so its great to be able to share 2 loves (football being the other) to younger kids. I still have a lot of room to improve on in the classroom but im doing the best that I can.