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January Journal-ish Day 7
Jan. 7th, 2019 05:42 pmI didn't have a prompt for today, and today's Snowflake challenge didn't tickle my fancy, so I'll just write a regular old little entry. The point is to try and write every day, right? So I'm keeping with the spirit of January journal.
Today was the first day of teaching after Christmas holidays, and all in all it went a lot better than I expected it would. The holiday had clearly been good, since the kids were focused rather than wrung out and restless. I, on the other hand, really could have done with a nap. I must have been nervous about getting back to work on some level because I started the day with only a couple of hours of sleep under my belt. ASMR, Potterless, boring newscast, guided meditation: nothing helped. I'm not at all the insomniac type, so it was a weird night.
The day's highlights include:
- A class of 38 16-year-olds having no idea who Ewan McGregor is. I'd like to try and cobble together some kind of exercise using clips from Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting. It could be fun. Not sure about the educational value, though.
- My Gmail filling with notifications about all the new DW connections I've made in just a few days.
- My corner shop still selling riisipuuro, despite the holidays being technically over.
- Not having to leave the apartment at all today now that I'm home. I miss my dog, but when the weather is like this, I'm really happy he's still at my sister's for another week.
The day's lows:
- I got three extra credit essays handed in, all of which were terrible. I genuinely can't tell if this one kid is really this terrible, or if he didn't read the story and is trying to cover it up. I also have no idea how to ask him which it is without possibly killing his motivation to try and do better in the future. I mean, he voluntarily wrote an extra credit essay. Why would someone try to cheat on something like that? Right?
- The schedule for this week. Thank heaven it really is just this week.
- My Great Marvel Re-watch getting off to a bad start. I can't find Iron Man on Netflix, Viaplay or HBO. Boo.
( My thoughts on Captain America: The First Avenger )
Today was the first day of teaching after Christmas holidays, and all in all it went a lot better than I expected it would. The holiday had clearly been good, since the kids were focused rather than wrung out and restless. I, on the other hand, really could have done with a nap. I must have been nervous about getting back to work on some level because I started the day with only a couple of hours of sleep under my belt. ASMR, Potterless, boring newscast, guided meditation: nothing helped. I'm not at all the insomniac type, so it was a weird night.
The day's highlights include:
- A class of 38 16-year-olds having no idea who Ewan McGregor is. I'd like to try and cobble together some kind of exercise using clips from Moulin Rouge and Trainspotting. It could be fun. Not sure about the educational value, though.
- My Gmail filling with notifications about all the new DW connections I've made in just a few days.
- My corner shop still selling riisipuuro, despite the holidays being technically over.
- Not having to leave the apartment at all today now that I'm home. I miss my dog, but when the weather is like this, I'm really happy he's still at my sister's for another week.
The day's lows:
- I got three extra credit essays handed in, all of which were terrible. I genuinely can't tell if this one kid is really this terrible, or if he didn't read the story and is trying to cover it up. I also have no idea how to ask him which it is without possibly killing his motivation to try and do better in the future. I mean, he voluntarily wrote an extra credit essay. Why would someone try to cheat on something like that? Right?
- The schedule for this week. Thank heaven it really is just this week.
- My Great Marvel Re-watch getting off to a bad start. I can't find Iron Man on Netflix, Viaplay or HBO. Boo.
( My thoughts on Captain America: The First Avenger )
