week 2_getting in the groove

I am tired still from last week. I am definitely not as nervous as I was last Monday. I feel an air of, "I've got this." Not in a cocky way, just a bit of confidence to help me feel more sure of myself.

This week wasn't very exciting, we mostly took notes. I was really worried about one boy who got a 0 on his quiz last week and I asked him if I was talking too fast or if there was anything I could do to help him and he assured me there wasn't but I am still trying to figure out what to do to help him. This week he got a 3 out of 5 on his quiz so I feel a lot better. I hope he can keep this up because he got an F last semester. 

Speaking of my other F student...OMG! He does NOT pay attention!! I filmed a lesson on Weds and he and his partner in crime (I've also put this pair in the front) decided it would be HILARIOUS to put their orange slices in their mouths like smiles and stare at me while I was talking. Try to concentrate while that is going on!! Hahaha! It was all I could do not to laugh.I finally asked them to finish up their oranges and then as soon as I turned around you can see one of the boys on camera put the slice back into his mouth! Seriously, still trying not to bust up laughing.

I am still not comfortable in anatomy! I get flustered and lose my place. On Friday, they were so out of hand that I stopped and got serious with them (I don't get stern and they hadn't seen me do it before). My MT was out of the room making and phone call and she came back in to see stunned faces and hear me say, "You get a 1 minute to break to talk/stretch/whatever and when the timer goes off, you will be silent and taking notes unless you raise your hand to answer or ask a question." After class, my MT was all what happened, what did they do? I told her that they were not listening and two students would not stop talking. For the future, I need to make sure that I am not being so stern with the whole class that I make sure to preface something like this with, "I know this doesn't apply to all of you, or this applies to most but not all of you, etc" My MT made a really good point that some students might have been made to feel bad even though they didn't do it. I am going to do this in the future.

This week I found out that I was selected for a final interview with Teach for America. I am so excited. It is in San Francisco on February 25 at 9am. :)