Doing All Right
I know it's been quite some time since I last blogged, but I have a legitimate excuse: I've been very busy. I know I mentioned last post that I was busy, but last week was one of the most hectic ways to start a week that I've ever experienced in my life. After coming home last Monday I felt like I had been running around all day and constantly doing something, but in the end I didn't make any progress. It was frustrating to say the least, especially after a very relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. Luckily, things slowed down a bit as the week progressed and while I'm still busy with things at school, but it hasn't been as bad.
All of my kids are doing well and I feel like I'm starting to make progress with all of them. It's been difficult trying to figure out how each of them respond. For example when helping them with their school work, some want to do it on their own and have me look over it and others want me to give them the answers. I'm hoping that I'll continue to make more progress so that I'm noticing significant improvement in all of them as spring approaches. Today we watched Scooby Doo 2 after school and tomorrow I start my after-school club, a strategy games club. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. There's a lot of kids that are interested in joining, but it could be just because of the AmeriCorps stigma. I still have some things to get ready for the first day. I'm starting out by teaching the kids how to play chess, but I'm hoping to be able to teach them a lot of different games that allow them to work on their critical thinking skills.
After last week, I was able to enjoy my weekend. I went out with some of the teachers after school for a drink and then took it easy the rest of Friday night. On Saturday night, one of my friend's band had a CD release party that I went to, before going to another friends birthday party. It was a nice way to take a break from school and some of the hassles that I had to deal with the week before.
So as everyone can tell, things in St. Louis continue to go well. It helps that Christmas break is only 2 weeks away, which well provide me with some much needed rest and relaxation. I've also already decided that one of my New Year's Resolutions is to be more consistent in posting to my blog, so everyone can look forward to more frequent posts in the upcoming months.
I hope everyone else is doing well.
All of my kids are doing well and I feel like I'm starting to make progress with all of them. It's been difficult trying to figure out how each of them respond. For example when helping them with their school work, some want to do it on their own and have me look over it and others want me to give them the answers. I'm hoping that I'll continue to make more progress so that I'm noticing significant improvement in all of them as spring approaches. Today we watched Scooby Doo 2 after school and tomorrow I start my after-school club, a strategy games club. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. There's a lot of kids that are interested in joining, but it could be just because of the AmeriCorps stigma. I still have some things to get ready for the first day. I'm starting out by teaching the kids how to play chess, but I'm hoping to be able to teach them a lot of different games that allow them to work on their critical thinking skills.
After last week, I was able to enjoy my weekend. I went out with some of the teachers after school for a drink and then took it easy the rest of Friday night. On Saturday night, one of my friend's band had a CD release party that I went to, before going to another friends birthday party. It was a nice way to take a break from school and some of the hassles that I had to deal with the week before.
So as everyone can tell, things in St. Louis continue to go well. It helps that Christmas break is only 2 weeks away, which well provide me with some much needed rest and relaxation. I've also already decided that one of my New Year's Resolutions is to be more consistent in posting to my blog, so everyone can look forward to more frequent posts in the upcoming months.
I hope everyone else is doing well.
posted by Tim Weiss at 6:12 PM
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