"and I just want to point this out..."

workshops. ugh. some of them are ridiculous. the reading workshop i've been attending once or twice a month, for the past 3 months has really been worth my while. to make a long story short, today was my last day. 830am test. what have i learned from this seminar? the leader of the class says "and I just want to point this out, amanda smallwood made the most growth from her pre-test to her post test and she received the highest score out of the class" my face goes red. i won a packet of nerds. apparently i am a nerd. i'm fine with that. what did i miss on the test? well to make another long story short, i second guessed myself. i choose an answer, then scribbled it out and wrote "no" next to it. ugh. seriously? i do this all the time. why? don't know. ugh. but whatever, i still did awesome. 99% .

if you're a teacher and reading this you get it... i hope. i've been teaching in my own room since August and i guess have doubted myself a few times. am i doing this right? i've not been trained in any of these programs. are my students truly learning? i had great ideas and they've failed before, how do i make these kids learn? their quarterly tests aren't showing much growth (granted its on grade level and most of them can't read on grade level) but i guess what i'm saying is, i felt really good today after receiving my test back. i got a lot of great ideas from this seminar that i can hopefully use and hopefully they work. fyi, just because i'm a first year teacher doesn't mean i don't know what i'm doing. i may not get it right the first time, but i will eventually get it.

to wrap this all up with a random ending, i felt so good about my test that i came home and worked out a little bit! made homemade lasagna, went up to my classroom (since i haven't been there since Saturday) then came home and made cinnamon rolls, ate two of them (totally defeating the purpose of working out) but whatever i did awesome on my test!