NYC got its first snow of the season yesterday. Supposedly, we got eight inches, but it all ended up in nasty slush. New Yorkers can't drive in snow. Minnesotans continue to rule.
Apartment news:
-No word on our heat working, yet. Hopefully, the super comes through with that in the next couple of weeks. The plan as of now: mulled wine and hot toddys.
-Met a dude named Fred who lives in the building next door. The dude has Kramer hair. He's throwing a halloween party. Anna is going as my bodyguard. I'm going as her long last pal.
-We've got a solid cooking rotation going. Gareth is a vegetarian, so we go meatless for four nights out of the week. It's surprising how reasonable it is to feed 4 people when you're not buying meat.
Teacher news:
-I taught my first Bard-observed lesson on Friday. It went well, except for that was supposed to take 10 minutes took the entire lesson time. My mentor teacher is nay happy, but I say it's a good thing. We talked about like terms for half an hour--evidence that the pace the class is moving at might is too fast. They were supposed to know like terms three weeks ago. It's frustrating that a group of ELL students, many of which are (speculatively) up to 6-7 years "behind" in content knowledge, are expected to succeed in an algebra II course. State standards can be terrible things, especially when teachers aren't given the support/time they need to meet them. They're even worse when you work at school with no psychologist/no way to assess special needs, which translates to no way of providing IEPs for students that need it.
-People in my program are freaking out about coming home from the Bronx on Halloween. Evidently, tomorrow is a known gang initiation day. In my opinion, a group of 15 student teachers in shirts and ties walking two blocks to the subway in a crowd of school children seems pretty safe. Errbody gotta chill.
-I'm still studying sandpiles.
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Very athletic pooch!
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