long weeks that fly by....

so i realize that the last entry was a little depressing and probably preeminently so. i have way too long to go and way too many things that will be much more difficult than anything i have experienced so far to be getting depressed already.

on that note, things the rest of the week were much better. i felt much more effective with the my three childrens and i felt like they were actually learning. they've all been doing better and better on the end of class assessments that they take each day so hopefully they are learning at least something. i found out on friday that i will probably be teaching 6 classes of about 25 students in the fall so i don't know exactly how well my three kids are preparing me for that experience. i guess we will see. i also learned on friday that my high school went to the state finals in football last year. hopefully the offensive line coach also quit his job. we will see. i want to coach. end of story.

some days are awesome, some days are rough. that continues to be the theme of this extravaganza. i realize each day how much more i have to learn, and i try not to let that overwhelm me. to relate this post back to the subject, its crazy that i've been here for three weeks, almost four if you count induction. the weeks are so long, yet they fly by. by wednesday i'm usually ready to see friday come, but it seems like i blink my eye and the week is gone. there is just so much going on at all times during the day it makes things go by pretty quick like. two highlights of the week:
1. all three of my kids have problems with the english language. they know how to speak it, but reading and writing are a struggle. one day we just sat down and read a story because it was "review day" and i attempted to help them learn how to read. it was pretty amazing, made me wish i was teaching reading.
2. on friday one of my three asked me after class, "so are you going to be teaching here like when real school starts?" when i informed him that i sadly wasn't, he dropped his head and walked off.... extremely sad, but also gave me some hardcore motivation.

to sum up - life is good. there are days that are hard, but that just makes the good days even more rewarding. its only beginning, i hope people will be interested enough to keep reading when it really gets good. peace.