thefox

Don't have time for much, but I wanted to say that I passed all my summer classes - two A's and B. My GPA is slowly meandering upward!

Also, summer camp is okay... could be better, but I'm teaching with my best friend and some other cool people this week, so it's been somewhat awesome at times. My kids were better yesterday than they were Mon and Tues... and I keep trying to remind myself that it's not their fault when they're being little assholes. It's easier when you're dating a former little asshole.

I was a little asshole, too... I sometimes forget what it was like... and I don't want to be the evil bitch teacher who yells and says no all the time. But it's hard when you have a class full of kids to expend energy trying to understand the troublemakers while simultaneously teaching everyone. Especially when the troublemakers are trying to push the good kids around (and down the stairs).

I realize it takes practice and a lot of work... and I know I can do this... but the summer camp environment (particularly toward the end when everyone's frazzled) is a hard place to practice. Which is good for me, I suppose, but bad for the kids. And that's not fair to them.

I want to make today fun and special for them... I've been kind of a hard ass so far this week, and would like to finish out the last two days having a good time. Not that we haven't been doing fun stuff, but I'm sure they're tired of hearing me say things like "Hey, now - shush!!! You need to listen to this, it's important!! BE QUIET!!! PAY ATTENTION!! STOP THAT! DON'T PUSH HER! NO HITTING! SIT DOWN!!!!!" They deserve a good time... after all, they're all headed back to school in a few weeks, same as me... we could all use a little fun before real school starts.