Cleaning

Today I spent several hours cleaning my apartment. I have gotten in the groove of cleaning the bathroom every Saturday and I still don't know how bathrooms get so dirty in one week. I have much much more respect for the house keepers at Southwestern now with how many bathrooms they clean everyday. But I am still sticking to my story, that I really do not like cleaning. I also cleaned off my dining room table. It is not really in the dining room, but more in the middle of my bedroom. I can actually walk now without wondering if I am going to break any of my movies because I picked them up. However that caused a dilemma because I didn't know how to categorize them. Although the apartment is not as clean as it could be, I am happy with the space at least right now. After church tomorrow I will probably clean more and post some pictures of the apartment and the surrounding area (La Verne and Claremont).

This week marks the finish of my third full week teaching. The last two hours of the school day are the best because I get to be with my girls. I did have a problem this week with the substitute assistant. We don't see eye to eye on the point system that DMH and Joan Macy uses for the girls. I will have to do what I was trained to do and self advocate because I am the teacher and I want what is best for my girls. I see them as teenage girls and having the privilege of being a teenage girl once, I think that (at least for many people that I know) math was not the fun part of the day. Plus, teenagers in general don't like doing what the teacher wants them to do. And these are the girls that HATE math, so of course they don't want to put effort because it has been so hard for them in the first place. Anyway, I don't want the girls to associate me with negative check marks because they will associate less points with math and then will not choose to participate and try to understand math. I guess it is a long process. But so far I am very much enjoying my first year of teaching.

I am sad that I will not get to attend Semester of Support at the SU Homecoming. SOS is a program for the teachers that just graduated and we get to rant about whatever and talk about how to make the SU program better and so we know that we have people who understand what we are going through. However I must say that as sad as it is, I don't need that group to rant to. One I have this blog and two I have my parents who over the years have, I believe, gotten very fond of my ranting!!!, plus one or two fantastic friends!

all for now! grace and peace