i am working from 7:45 until 5. and i am in the classroom for 3 to 5 hours of that time. so what am i supposed to do with the other time?
well i suppose i should plan for the next lessons, but that takes like 10 min. unless i choose to do an elaborate plan, which i never do because that would lead to disappointment when they don't get it. so i prefer to go in with little planning and be pleasantly surprised.
there are these forms that we have to fill out to record our teaching i try to write slowly to take up more time. and then i have to fill out the online attendance thing when i'm done teaching for the day. that takes 4 minutes, unless the internet is slow then maybe 12.
i have to keep my desk clear, since i failed the first desk inspection. i didn't know they would be checking the drawers and i had loose papers in them. so that takes a little time to be organized.
i give the kids lots of stupid homework so that i will have something to occupy myself - ie take my sweet time grading that shit.
i spend a lot of time eating. we get an hour lunch break, but that doesn't take up enough of my free time, so i walk and get snacks at other breaks i have. and i eat and make phone calls to the people i know will be awake.
with the remaining time i dick around on the internet...when it's working.
i try to avoid fbook since my bosses sit directly behind me in the office.
i look up quotes, listen to http://www.themusiciv.com/the-music-iv-player/, spend some time on cnn, today i just discovered jango and i've been listening to jim gaffigan, i look up teaching plans and activities, read blogs, look up art, read about pop culture. i write emails. i stare into microsoft word at old documents.
sometimes i journal or make lists in my notebook so it looks like i'm producing something. in reality i am making lists of all the bars i've been to and who i went with and what i drank. or remembering quotes from people. or listing what i want my dad to bring me from america.
and then with the remaining time i stare in the distance.
