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Teaching Diary 20: AP Exams Cometh
Apr. 12th, 2022 12:38 pmI had a good cry/complain session with my neighbor teacher. She teaches the AP Seminar class (I've got AP Research in the Capstone program) and I feel better about my involvement in the whole thing. I still don't like teaching the class, but I feel like if I had to do it again, I could do it better (in the learning from past mistakes kind of thing) and I also feel generally settled about the kiddos' responsibility in this whole thing.
Tomorrow is their presentation day, and they'll do however they're gonna do. It will be fine. Their papers are due on the 30th-ish to College Board. They will finish them or they won't, and I feel confident that I've done the best I can as their teacher, both as a new teacher for the class and in These Times and Circumstances.
(Update between starting this post and now -- one of my kiddos did a practice presentation just now because we had tech problems yesterday, and they did a really good job! I'm so proud of her hard work. I'm still a bit worried about the essay tbh, but honestly, they did such good work this year. I am just so so proud of them, and after a bit of feedback, I made sure to tell them.
Still nothing for next year. Yet. My friends, who've had the Worst Luck over the last few years (including being stuck in China for a couple years, moving to Kyiv this year among some personal tragedies that would be almost unbearable in the BEST of times, let alone after shouldering so much trauma the last few years) announced their new jobs next year. They're going somewhere I wouldn't choose, so I'm only jealous that they have a clearer plan than I do. There is a school that I keep eyeing, that I think I would like to work for, but their contract date is for JULY 6! I won't even leave BLR until about June 20. If things had been normal and I'd gone home for Christmas or something, I'd be a lot more likely to apply, but that's only about two weeks of being home, which is NOT enough time to rest or see my family or even really get over jet lag! So I'm not going to apply, even though my little lizard brain is like "sssecurityyyy...jobsssss" (my lizard brain makes a cute hissing sound). I think I would be setting myself up for a huge crash if I tried to make that turn around. Nevermind that I still don't have my new passport. >_
Tomorrow is their presentation day, and they'll do however they're gonna do. It will be fine. Their papers are due on the 30th-ish to College Board. They will finish them or they won't, and I feel confident that I've done the best I can as their teacher, both as a new teacher for the class and in These Times and Circumstances.
(Update between starting this post and now -- one of my kiddos did a practice presentation just now because we had tech problems yesterday, and they did a really good job! I'm so proud of her hard work. I'm still a bit worried about the essay tbh, but honestly, they did such good work this year. I am just so so proud of them, and after a bit of feedback, I made sure to tell them.
Still nothing for next year. Yet. My friends, who've had the Worst Luck over the last few years (including being stuck in China for a couple years, moving to Kyiv this year among some personal tragedies that would be almost unbearable in the BEST of times, let alone after shouldering so much trauma the last few years) announced their new jobs next year. They're going somewhere I wouldn't choose, so I'm only jealous that they have a clearer plan than I do. There is a school that I keep eyeing, that I think I would like to work for, but their contract date is for JULY 6! I won't even leave BLR until about June 20. If things had been normal and I'd gone home for Christmas or something, I'd be a lot more likely to apply, but that's only about two weeks of being home, which is NOT enough time to rest or see my family or even really get over jet lag! So I'm not going to apply, even though my little lizard brain is like "sssecurityyyy...jobsssss" (my lizard brain makes a cute hissing sound). I think I would be setting myself up for a huge crash if I tried to make that turn around. Nevermind that I still don't have my new passport. >_
