Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs

I'm pretty sure I learned this in every class that I ever took with Dr. Horner.

I was SO sure I would never ACTUALLY need this.

I taught it to my students today.

We actually had a pretty good time with it.

I think.

They will probably never use it again...

unless they are in an FCS or pychology class again.

In other news, I have my awesome class again tomorrow.
Choose to call them awesome.
Power of Positive thinking.
I have to come up with extra work for them everyday, because they act like kinderkids.
It's ok. We'll fix it. :)

I also have my first JV football games tomorrow.

yes.

Games.

Two games. Back to back.

Don't let my enthusiasm fool you.

I'm excited.

It's 5:00 pm.
I've been here since 6:45 am
I'm going home.

My need right now is sleep and food.

That's level one.

Basic Needs.

Physiological Needs.

I think I will go home and work out instead.

Grown Ups

This past week has been ridiculously crazy. I haven't even had time to type it all. All last week, I was in new teacher training. It was information OVERLOAD! I'm not sure I remember it all. I DO know that I need to sign up for all my health care stuff though. But even that is a big WHAT? on my radar right now.

It's strange going from a part time job with no healthcare, to an adult job that has all these things that are provided. I guess that's a perk of being a grown up.

I'm not sure I'm really a grown up, yet.

At least not in my heart.

But have new grown up choices to make.

And they keep coming.

Sometimes I wish they would stop...

But then I remember that with being a grown up.. comes salary = money = more freedom. But it also bring responsibility = not as much freedom.

Being a grown up is an oxymoron.

Not sure I like it... at least not all of it.

I wanna be a Toys R Us Kid.

But the kids have so far been great. I mean I have a small classroom with 34 desks in it.

My largest class is 37 students. One of those students has his own aid.

That's 38 people.

Not including me. I gave up my chair yesterday.

I also made a young man give his up for a girl.

He sat on the floor.

I will FORCE chivarly on these students.

I have a LARGE cupcake on my wall. I think my interior design students are more excited about it than my nutrition kids. Ha.

I eat breakfast at 5:30 in the morning.

I don't have lunch til 11.

I starve myself at work.

I was told to pack snacks.

It doesn't work.

Grown ups don't eat correctly or at the right times.

As a grown up, I will also have to live alone = eat alone = watch the bachelor pad alone = alone.

:(

Why do we move so quickly and hungrily towards being a grown up.. only to realize it's not what we really want?

I went to the school the other day. To pick up my text books.

I walked to the text book AP's office and strode in.

He told me he would be with me in 'just a moment.'

When he came back out of his office, he asked me "So, what are we doing today?"

I answered him, "Well, I'm the new FCS teacher, and I need to pick up my books, so I can get a head start."

"OOH! You're a teacher?! I'm Mr. G-. I thought you were a student here for text book duty."

Mr. G- then proceeded to introduce me to the other AP Mrs. R-.

"This is our new FCS teacher. See why I thought she was a student?"

This is going to be a great year.

The administration thinks I'm a student, and I think there are WAY too many AP's.

How many assistant principals do we need?

Will I EVER get them all straight?

I had my new teacher training today.

ALOT of information, in 4 hours.

I hope I don't screw any of it up.

I learned that I have to be VERY careful about the information I put out in the cyber world.

Good thing no one follows me.

I saw my classroom for the first time yesterday. Somone else inhabits it still... Coach Johnson. But it's ok. I found the correct people, and got everything figured out.

He'll be moving out...

I already brought my first box of things in...

The principal's secretary told me she has a dolly for me to bring everything in on...

I think I only have That one box of things...

Maybe I should buy some more... just so I don't look like a complete newbie..

I DO have a whole list of things to buy... and I only JUST started the list.

Teaching is expensive.

I also met my cheer squad for the first time yesterday!

I walked up, and the 10th grade girls yelled all at once...

"Oh! She's Cute!"

"She's our size!"

"Is that your twin?" (My sister was there.)

I was a little apprehensive at first...

So, I made them goodie bags. Just to butter them up and let them know I'm cool.

ha.

They loved the bags!

I showed them where my room will be, they said.

"This is where we can hide during the year when we need to get away."

Not sure why I came across as the easy cheer coach/teacher.

Oh, well.

I'm excited!