Who teaches who?

Well Ladies and Gents,
It is week 4 of the Student Teaching... So far I have not quit ;), have not killed any students, or any of my coworkers. But I have had my first parent call me and talk to me about their daughter. I was scared shitless when i called her back, even though there was no problem at all. We ended up having a meeting because she wanted to meet me, and she wanted to make sure I understood the problems that her daughter had...Well I survived it, and it was great! I gave my first test this week, most kids averaged between a 70 - 80 % on the multiple choice...jajajaja...and 6 essays in I have already failed 3 of the kids! UMMMMM So I hate grading essays. Note to all of you who want to be awesome writters...just grade some essays and you will learn more about writting then you ever wanted to know. I think that was my biggest problem was I was reading and I did not know what to look for. I wish I did something like this at the beginning of my college career, because it would have helped me with my writting so much.
Let see what else was new... It is really funny because the two classes that I thought were going to suck at the beginning of the year, right now are my favorite ones. Even though they are a bit more quite, they work hard and dont talk back! As for my last class of the day it is pretty rough. Most of the kids do not care because it is the last class of the day, or they simply do not want to be there. I have a girl who wont even look at me because I'm the devil of the world, and another one who can only say negitive things about life! jajaja But you know I talked with my teacher today and figured out how I can deal with the class. Hopefully tomorrow will bring a brighter shade to the situation. My favorite part of the job is the grade book! lol it is so much fun watching the grades go up and down...;) Just kidding my favorite part and my most dreaded part of the job are the kids.
Even though there are some bad kids, there are some really cool kids in the classroom. It is amazing when you show that you care, the kids do alot better. There were a few kids in my classes I saw that they were not doing any work, and I talked with them and asked them what was up. I said," hey I see you are smart why arnt you doing the work?" and they were like uhhhhh.... I told them "hey you are here just participate, it will make your time go by much faster" It was funny something as simple as that had an impact on some of the kids.
There is also another student who is just a lazy little bastard! I have to yell at him to do anything in the class, but I think I finally got him to wake up. Today we were talking about history for 30 minutes! jajaj! ya that is big! And even though he still has a 58 in the class, I hope to see that move up, to at least a C before the end of the semester!
It is funny, people say if you cant do anything be a teacher...who ever said that was a complete idiot! This is the most tiering job ever! But it is awesome and I would not change it for anything.
There are some stupid things. For instance the school curriculum. They lay out everything for you to teach. Which makes it really tough. I mean I have to teach 600 years to the students this semster about the entire world! I think in College If I had a class on 600 years of history it was over just one country! Shit my final class was only over one year! I just realized that I hate the way our schools are set up. There is no accountability for the students and it really drains the creativity out of the teachers. There could be so many cooler things I could be teaching the students, and they would actually probably retain that stuff, rather I have to waist days and teach things like the Columbian Exchange....Ya that is not about drugs...I was dissapointed ;).
As for me and life, things are getting better at home, you know still crowded in the house, still always tierd when I get home but I'm surviving. Found a Lost friend, but we are only on season one right now. Finished a big project ;). And I'm still working on my TEFL! OOOOO I went Ice climbing for the first time last weekend, it was pretty sick! I cant wait to go back. I had so much fun and enjoyed it so much!
Well I hope all of you are doing great, and I'll catch you soon.
JeFf