Vacances: fevrier

Ah. Vacation at last. Although I've only been student teaching for...3 weeks? I am welcoming this vacation. My poor feet are also loving this time spent in sneakers. And I'm sure my car doesn't mind not starting at 6:45 every weekday.
So far I've managed to sleep in a little, play a lot of computer games, pig out a little bit, read a lot, work a little, and go to my little cousin's birthday party. And I had a nice little Valentine's Day with my boyfriend, who made us baked ziti and bought me a book I've wanted for a while but is no longer in print (and tons of chocolate). For the both of us I bought a little rose plant, which I have not yet killed and I'm hoping to keep alive for a while. I'm definitely not known for my green thumb, and have killed quite a few plants in the past. But I've wanted one of these for a while. I've remembered to water it regularly and I move it around my place to give it as much light as possible.
I've also listened to Edith Piaf a lot (there's a reason she was wicked famous in both France and the US). If you don't know who she is, watch the movie "Le Vie en Rose". It's in French, but you can subtitle it. The funniest part in it, when she gets to the states and she's talking with a Frenchman and an American. They all speak French, but the american accent of that guy is hilarious.

Unfortunately, my hives have not gone on vacation. As I'm writing this I have one slowly growing over my left eyebrow. It hasn't traveled down under my eye yet, which is the worst because my eye swells and closes up a bit and I look like Quasimodo. So my plans for later tonight are a couple of benadryls and a glass of champagne so both myself and my hives are knocked, at least for the night.

Back to the student teaching. I am actually starting to like the high school. I'm getting to know the kids better and for the most part they're being good little children for me. I only have three weeks left there and I am really excited to go back to the middle school, and I know the transition to me teaching at the middle school will go smoother than it did at the high school. Although, my second week I became a full-teacher. That Monday my cooperating teacher called in sick, she had pulled out her back. So I made it through one day. Then Tuesday she called to say she wouldn't be in until the next Tuesday. I was thrown off guard a little and had to totally wing it for two of the classes. I think they noticed that but they went along with whatever I did. That next Tuesday was tough though. I needed my teacher back to tell me the specifics of the things I was trying to teach (most importantly details on projects three of the classes were working on). But giving up three of the classes was not easy. Then on Wednesday during French 1, which I was supposed to have already taken over and I had until then, she just took over and taught the class. Needless to say I was pissed. On Friday she started to do it again and was about to go over an activity that I had assigned when I actually stood up and said, It's ok. I've got this one. And I've warned her that when we get back the two French 2 classes need to be mine, and the week after that the French 4 (and final) class will be mine as well. Hopefully it'll go better.
I had my university supervisor do a formal observation while she was out. Monday or Tuesday when we get back my coop teacher needs to do her first. Then the week after will be my other supervisor observation. And within my last two weeks my final coop teacher observation and her final evaluation. Fun. So at some point this week I need to figure out which classes I want observed and which standards I want them to look for (each observation has to cover three of the six). Oh and I have to actually write the lesson plans for the these classes. Haha. I'll think about that later.

Now it's time for some more leftovers and an episode of House (which I am quickly falling in love with, thank you Netflix).

Bon soir monde,
a plus tard.