Hello everyone!
So, I’m not going to lie,
I’ve got no news. For the most part I am again sitting at conferences and
waiting for parents to come visit me. I think they must think their children
got whatever they deserved because as the year goes on, I get less and less
parents at conferences. I’ve had a whopping 3 parents after four hours of
conferences.
Anyways highlights from the
week include wanting to kill my children, going to a music festival, trying not
to kill my kids, chasing kids around the school, skyping with a former middle
school teacher’s class, recording children I’m chasing and yelling at around
the school, dreaming about killing kids, and writing up students. Fun times.
No but seriously, it’s that
bad. Seniors are almost done (next week, humdullah) and their “I don’t care” attitude
is rubbing off on everyone. Even me at this point. And from what I understand,
kids are used to not doing anything the last month and a half after seniors
leave. Boy, are they gonna hate me. We’re not doing that much after they leave
but still. After the last week of this month, though, I have no idea what I’ll
be doing with my theatre kids. I have an idea but I don’t think they’d really
be up to it after having to rush everything they’re doing right now in class.
Seniors are having to do
their final next week so they have either a debate or a part in a play
depending on which of my classes they are in. Most of the seniors, however, are
actually pulling everyone else down with them because of their attitude in
class and for this final and if they don’t get it together, they will fail this
quarter. Now, maybe most don’t care all that much about it but a lot of them
were also getting low grades last quarter either from the same attitude and/or
from the Fashion Show that took place. In March. Quarter ended in April (rolls
eyes).
Back to highlights of the
week: I went to a music festival with my roommate and another teacher,
Brittany, last Friday. It was called Trib Fest where almost every act was a
tribute to a certain artist or duo. Obviously they weren’t the real music
artists as some of them were dead but some highlights were Justin Timberlake,
Lady Gaga and David Bowie. Odd combination but it was pretty fun to just sit
and relax all day outside. With a lot of expats in Bahrain. Oh, and there were
two local bands that were in the show that my roommate kind of knew as well so
meeting them was pretty neat as well.
As for the skype conference I
had with the class last Thursday night-it was weird. I’ve never skyped with a big
group like that but the internet worked pretty well for the most part. It was
just really awkward to talk to a bunch of kids knowing that my face is
plastered against a wall when I’m talking. They all had different kinds of
questions and some of them were repeats, but I think my favorite question was “What
crops do they grow there?” Uh, if you’re lucky you’ll come across real grass
and some palm trees haha. I think probably the most interesting question I was “What
are buildings made out of?” I’m not sure exactly what she was thinking but I’m
wondering if she was thinking it was plaster and wood or something but it’s
actually just sand and concrete for the most part.
Anyways, I should go try to
be productive now during conferences. I’ll talk to you guys soon! Also, I
attached more photos from Italy and some from school recently. Later!
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