Today was my first lesson. EVER! It was on Simplifying and Comparing Fractions in a 6th period Pre- Algebra class.(easy enough, right?) However, everything that could have gone wrong WENT wrong and More!
So these are my Top Five Reasons why my first lesson became quite the disaster in a matter of 35 minutes:
1) My resident teacher was sick today so there was a substitute which automatically makes students extra squirrily
2) The substitute remarkably resembles Abraham Lincoln which we come to find out works in his favor as he is an actor in historical reenactments where he plays the 16th President of the United States. He decides to take 25 minutes of the period to explain this along with the meaning behind Mr. Lincoln's "four score" speech
3) Because of this drawn out tangent of the Lincoln inside of him, I am left with 35 minutes to do my lecture and have the students complete their classwork
4) I begin to give my lesson and the substitute attempts to "help" minimize the talking of the students by talking over me and telling them to be quiet. Leaving the students confused as to what teacher to listen to and completely undermining my authority as a teacher.
5) The students decided to erase the substitute's real name and replace it with Mr. Lincoln. So at the end of the lesson I refer to the substitute as "Mr. Lincoln" and the students burst out laughing. (that one was pretty funny though- you have to admit)
So as for now, I figure the lessons can only get better from here. So we shall see when I give my second lesson on Wednesday. Hopefully the only Lincoln I'll be seeing is the one in my wallet. :)
2 comments:
Do they teach the word "squirrly" in teacher class? My mom uses that term all the time to describe her students! The Lincoln-look-alike factor adds a whole other dimension to your story. Is it a requirement for subs to be kind of weird?
Haha, Abe is awesome, lol.
Yeah... I don't even know his real name.
Sorry bout that though.
oh, and i'm excited you have a blog!!! teehee.
-Kelsey
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