This week's post comes a bit late because I've been busy at a high school in Richmond doing my 2-week practicum (Oct 19-30). And while not at the extreme end of unbelievability, it really is quite eye-opening just how much work it is to be a teacher. It's not that I never knew, I just didn't think it was nearly this much. The interesting thing is that most of the teachers I work with make it seem easy.
I used to feel that classroom management would easily be the hardest thing I'd have to deal with but it turns out that lesson planning is the most critical, not in the least because a well planned lesson takes care of many of the classroom management issues that might come up. And starting out as a teacher means planning many things from scratch as well as having to consider all the possibilities (what might students ask, how might students act/react, what would I need to prepare).
But as time goes on and the same lesson comes up again, the amount of planning drops and just some tweaking might work for the day. Then there are things like being aware of time and just generally how to run a class which, once I get a feel for, I'm sure I'll be less concerned about.
This is, of course, not to say it's boring. It's great fun interacting with the students and taking part in a Pro-D Day meeting with the science department. Next week I'll be teaching 4 classes and chaperoning the Halloween Dance. =P
As for the unbelievability, how's this-
A Windows 7 Whopper from Burger King in Japan. 7 patties for 777yen. All served up on 13cm "American-sized buns".... whatever that means heh....
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