the ups and downs....

well i already have a new level of respect for any and every teacher that i ever had throughout school. this job is no kind of easy. i just calculated it, and couting today i worked about 85 hours this past week. haha, that is including football practice though so i don't know if that actually counts. things are going pretty well, its a very much up and down kind of job. monday-wendesday were not too hot, with wednesday being especially challenging. on wednesday the kids had to take this state test that covered an entire year's worth of information that they had not been taught. i would probably be in a bad mood too. but luckily, they got to take it all out on me. hahaha. thursday was definitely the best day of teaching so far and many of the kids almost seemed to actually enjoy my class that day. days like thursday will have to carry me through the rough times. i really did not realize until this week exactly what i had gotten myself into, but i'm still convinced that i am where i need to be doing exactly what i need to be doing. so many of my students here are so jaded and it definitely comes across in their attitudes in class. its like i've asked them to haul cement blocks up a mountain in 110 degree heat when i ask them to take their heads off of their desks in class. and oh dear goodness when i gave a homework assignment on friday i swear i thought they were going to punch me. its going to be a challenging couple of years, but no doubt a good couple of years. i also had no idea how tiring being a teacher is. haha, i now understand why my mother goes to bed every night at 8:00 (its true erin.) last night was the second friday night in a row that i passed out before 9. hahaha. tonight i swear i'm going to try to stay awake past 10, we'll see if i can handle that. first football game this friday, ohhh i'm pumped. we had a scrimmage on tuesday and we destroyed the opposition. friday is the rematch from last year's state championship. pulaski academy. ohhh we better destroy those fools. ok, i'm gonna go to wal-mart now. peace.