Whew. That was a bad class I think on my part. Definitely the worst one I’ve taught this semester. Of course, it was the one being evaluated. It seemed like everything that could have gone wrong did. I’ve talked about having a good foundation to rely on for when unexpected things happen and I’ve realized today my foundation is not that great. I felt unorganized and unclear in almost everything I did even though we followed the lesson plan. My language choices were not great, but I couldn’t think of anything at the time. Even my technology wasn’t working, it took me 10 minutes to even be able to log on! I guess we just move on and learn.
Each week I say I need to do something to prepare for the coming weeks but even when I do I find it unhelpful. I think I am going to ask one of my professors for different strategies to try to help with preparedness, what I have been doing doesn’t help when the class was as chaotic as this week.
Next week is our last week which seems crazy. It is a bit daunting since the past two lessons haven’t gone that great. I feel like we are just walking backwards with no growth at this point. The professors tell us to prepare for this but it is still difficult to happen. I am struggling with trying to figure out why it’s not going well. Next week I am determined to do better. It will be a good class!
