this is a conversation i recently had with myself:
me: i hate this. there is no WAY i can do this for the rest of my life. these little monsters don't want to learn, they only want to be entertained. i'm not a freaking circus performer! why am i even doing this again? all i ever hear anyway is "oh yeah i had french in high school--i don't remember any of it." so what's the point of my career again? oh right. glorified babysitting, with actually about the same wage rate that i got when i was 15. awesome.
me: come on amy. you can do hard things. you are not a quitter. you will not let snot-nosed 15 year olds beat you. even if their french is horrible. it's ok if they couldn't form a coherent sentence to save their life. be realistic. be patient. of course they want to have fun. they're 15. they have the attention span of a chimpanzee on speed. humor them a little bit.
inner struggle. most likely to be continued until november 30th.
2 comments:
You poor thing....teachers shouldn't have to stand on their heads to teach. It's sad that they haven't developed an attention span by high school. Hang in there! Or do what Sarah decided....be a librarian! Jr. High kids drove her crazy, but Sarah loved English.
hey keep your chin up, you are tough cookie..just remember what it was like to be 15 and in high school..i am sure french was hard when you first started taking it, it will get better. don't give up, i know you will be a great french teacher!!! love you
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