When I got to school this morning, my cooperating teaching had gotten me a card and a little goody bag with some teachery sticky notes, some body spray in pear flavor, and a little pencil holder for my desk! That was so sweet of her.
The day went on without much incident, but the children were being nicer than usual. I can handle that! I wish they would do that every day! Then, my teacher had me go out to her car with 3 helpers to get some soda for the Accelerated Reading/Math program, and when we came back, everyone was gone, and all of the lights were off in the room. Where'd they go?? And all of the sudden, "SURPRISE!!!!"
Oh, it was the best thing ever! I've never had a surprise party before, and I wasn't even expecting it! I guess while she was teaching science and I was making some copies for her, she and the class got together to plan it, along with them all signing a card for me! And they kept it a secret all day long. I was very impressed with them!
Today was easily the best day with the 4th graders so far!
Monday, October 16, 2006
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Player's Club
Last night was my first night at my new position of the Player's Club desk. A lot of people didn't know that I was moving over from the cage to the club, and they were surprised to see me over there last night. A lot of people were happy for me, but I think the cashiers in the cage weren't so happy. Not unhappy with me, but unhappy in general. As I was cashing in a poker chip at the end of the night, the graveyard cashier said that he offered to change his shift around so we could work this out. One of the cocktail waitresses wanted to pick up some more hours, and my manager knew that, but didn't offer her the position, either. So it seems there was either a LOT of miscommunication over the month, or that my manager didn't really care if I left or not (despite him telling me he didn't want to lose me in the cage).
So that's a little frustrating. Fortunately, I am working the three busiest nigihts in the casino, so while my hours have been cut severly, I'll still be making about the same (if not maybe more) in tips, depending on who wins the cash drawings throughout the evening. So that is definitely an upside to the ordeal.
Training went pretty well last night, and I caught on to the computer system pretty quickly. However, since we were having our drawings, and you have to earn points on your Player's Club card to get into the drawings, people were coming back every 20 minutes or so to check to see if they got enough points for a ticket into the drawing. That was a little redundant, but oh well. I think I'll like it over there, and I start "officially" training tonight with my new manager, because he wasn't there last night, and I just kinda showed up.
So that's a little frustrating. Fortunately, I am working the three busiest nigihts in the casino, so while my hours have been cut severly, I'll still be making about the same (if not maybe more) in tips, depending on who wins the cash drawings throughout the evening. So that is definitely an upside to the ordeal.
Training went pretty well last night, and I caught on to the computer system pretty quickly. However, since we were having our drawings, and you have to earn points on your Player's Club card to get into the drawings, people were coming back every 20 minutes or so to check to see if they got enough points for a ticket into the drawing. That was a little redundant, but oh well. I think I'll like it over there, and I start "officially" training tonight with my new manager, because he wasn't there last night, and I just kinda showed up.
Friday, October 06, 2006
what a week!
Wow, the week started off with a bang with the Fall Fitness Festival, and just kept getting better. Or just kept going. Or something. We got a new student on Wednesday, and my teacher wasn't kidding when she said it only takes one bad egg to disrupt the whole basket. Wow, and we thought our kids were bad until this one showed up. Demanding, sneaky, obnoxious, loud. No one knew how to respond to her, not even my teacher. In all her years of teaching, she'd never encountered anything like this.
Thursday we had two assemblies, which messed up everything. One was to kick off the annual pie sales fund raiser, and the other was the Harlem Ambassadors, formerly known as the Harlem Globetrotters. Today was picture day and a walk around the school with Governor Rounds, along with television crews and question and answer time for him.
The boxelder bugs are taking over the apartment. I broke one of Aaron's wine glasses last night. The bed frame almost fell apart for no apparent reason last night, and I have some kind of thing in my eye that's not quite a stye, but treated the same way. I think it's called a chazalion or something like that. Basically it's the same thing, except instead of a plugged up/inflamed eyelash folicle, it's a duct that is plugged in my lower eyelid and it hurts and is swollen. Ouch. It hurts to blink!
I got some prescription ointment for it thanks to the college nurse practitioner, and hopefully it will be gone soon.
Well, that's enough of that...time for dinner!
Thursday we had two assemblies, which messed up everything. One was to kick off the annual pie sales fund raiser, and the other was the Harlem Ambassadors, formerly known as the Harlem Globetrotters. Today was picture day and a walk around the school with Governor Rounds, along with television crews and question and answer time for him.
The boxelder bugs are taking over the apartment. I broke one of Aaron's wine glasses last night. The bed frame almost fell apart for no apparent reason last night, and I have some kind of thing in my eye that's not quite a stye, but treated the same way. I think it's called a chazalion or something like that. Basically it's the same thing, except instead of a plugged up/inflamed eyelash folicle, it's a duct that is plugged in my lower eyelid and it hurts and is swollen. Ouch. It hurts to blink!
I got some prescription ointment for it thanks to the college nurse practitioner, and hopefully it will be gone soon.
Well, that's enough of that...time for dinner!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
school and work don't mix
Well, things are starting to get a bit more complicated when it comes to getting some time off from work so I can have more time for student teaching. My supervisor doesn't seem to understand how important this is, and isn't willing to bend to give some people overtime (a whopping 2 hours of overtime each week) for two and a half months until I finish with student teaching. And you know why? Because it cuts into his bonus for that quarter.
Pissed me off so much.
I had my first formal evaluation from my college supervisor, and it went really well. He made some very kind comments to me that made me feel much better about my teaching ability. See, up until Tuesday, I wasn't sure I had what it took to actually teach. But then he said that I have a natural ability for teaching, and this is what I should do. He said that I have a certain presence, or command of the classroom. If he hadn't known better, I would have been the "professional" teacher, not the student teacher. He liked my detail, discipline, and my organization. He said I was one of the better student teachers he's seen, and that this is something I need to persue. Also, something that struck me as odd is he liked my choice of vocabulary that I used with the children, and noted that I must be high on Gardner's Linguistic Intelligence. In other words, I speak well, and I take pride in that. Only being around me for an hour, he was able to pick up on that. Strange. But it's true. I cannot stand to listen to people who say, "I seen it," or, "But he done that." It makes my ears want to bleed.
He also brought up working, however, and how my cooperating teacher is worried that it's interferring with student teaching. I agree, it is, and something needs to change. But try as he might, Marvin can't find someone to replace me for one night a week. And that's just not going to work. But he also WON'T just let me come in late on Mondays or Tuesdays and give someone else some overtime because of his bonus. That's bullshit if you ask me.
So I've been offered a job at the player's club desk working Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. It won't interfere with my student teaching at all, I'll be able to keep the same pay wage, and I alread know and like (mostly) everyone over there, and it'll give me a chance to get to know some of our VIP players a little better.
I just need to let my supervisor at the cage know that if he can't get something figured out by Monday, I gotta go. He said first and foremost he has to look out for the casino (meaning his wallet), and then he looks out for us. Well, I also have to look out for myself first and foremost, so that's what I'm going to do. He's had a month to get something figured out, and it's not happening. I can't wait much longer.
But, I had best get going. The Halem Globetrotters are coming to the school today!
Pissed me off so much.
I had my first formal evaluation from my college supervisor, and it went really well. He made some very kind comments to me that made me feel much better about my teaching ability. See, up until Tuesday, I wasn't sure I had what it took to actually teach. But then he said that I have a natural ability for teaching, and this is what I should do. He said that I have a certain presence, or command of the classroom. If he hadn't known better, I would have been the "professional" teacher, not the student teacher. He liked my detail, discipline, and my organization. He said I was one of the better student teachers he's seen, and that this is something I need to persue. Also, something that struck me as odd is he liked my choice of vocabulary that I used with the children, and noted that I must be high on Gardner's Linguistic Intelligence. In other words, I speak well, and I take pride in that. Only being around me for an hour, he was able to pick up on that. Strange. But it's true. I cannot stand to listen to people who say, "I seen it," or, "But he done that." It makes my ears want to bleed.
He also brought up working, however, and how my cooperating teacher is worried that it's interferring with student teaching. I agree, it is, and something needs to change. But try as he might, Marvin can't find someone to replace me for one night a week. And that's just not going to work. But he also WON'T just let me come in late on Mondays or Tuesdays and give someone else some overtime because of his bonus. That's bullshit if you ask me.
So I've been offered a job at the player's club desk working Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. It won't interfere with my student teaching at all, I'll be able to keep the same pay wage, and I alread know and like (mostly) everyone over there, and it'll give me a chance to get to know some of our VIP players a little better.
I just need to let my supervisor at the cage know that if he can't get something figured out by Monday, I gotta go. He said first and foremost he has to look out for the casino (meaning his wallet), and then he looks out for us. Well, I also have to look out for myself first and foremost, so that's what I'm going to do. He's had a month to get something figured out, and it's not happening. I can't wait much longer.
But, I had best get going. The Halem Globetrotters are coming to the school today!
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