Student Teaching

It's the time of year where student teachers are EVERYWHERE!  I spent an entire week (at two different jobs) with student teachers.  It should be a good thing that I get paid to not do anything.  Literarally not anything.  For the most part, the rules dictate that student teachers have to have a certified teacher in the room at all times.  Even when a student teacher is to the point of teaching the class by themselves full-time I still can't leave the room.

So the past week I've spent my time stuck in the back of the classroom, glued to the computer, deperate to find anything to occupy my time and mind.  I know this may sound like the dream job, but seriously, it's not fun.  Especially when I'm dealing with computers that have everything blocked and are rediculously slow.

During my time in purgatory, I tried to stay busy.  But really, I can only check my e-mail so many times a day.  I got a good chunk finished in my knitting.  I started my first hat ever which is now almost complete.  On Monday I applied to three jobs for summer employment.  I spent a lot of time visiting my favorite websites.   It has been pretty interesting to see what is and what is not filtered by the district.  Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised to find that my favorite web comics are not blocked by the district.  Other times I am frustrated that sites like Pandora or even gmail are blocked.

I always used to say that at work I'd rather be busy than bored.  This still holds true.  I hate being stagnant.  I hate not having something to do.  Sometimes it's nice for a little while, but there needs to be something to keep me busy or my mind active.  After days of nothing, I really need a day where I actually get to teach something instead of supervising projects, showing films, or monitoring computer lab time.  It's days like I've had this week that really make me miss my days of student teaching, where I got to teach something everyday.