It's the end of the semester...

and I am brain dead. enjoy this wonderful song.

Monday Blues

This school year has been especially trying. The last few weeks have been extremely difficult to get through. The new subject matter is difficult to comprehend and exceptionally difficult to explain to a 17 year old with no background in business. Coupled with a terribly written textbook, it could be the perfect storm. Thinking back, about this time last year I was dealing with the same feelings about my SDAIE class; feeling completely inept, unprepared and ineffective. Although our department is wonderful, I still feel quite alone. This lag between labor day and veterans day is very long, as Penner says, "it's the dog days of fall". Will it ever end? Any words of wisdom to help get me through?

Econ overload

In the passed 2 days I have been attempting to learn everything I will be teaching in my AP Econ class, through a course at UC Riverside. 8 hours of econ a day is quite excessive, at the 4 hour mark I was done; my brain was full with little room for more knowledge. Now I am going back to read a chapter of the book that I was completely confused by. Perhaps it is because I am not a math person, or perhaps I am not sharp enough to handle all of this information (or perhaps both), but I am about ready to explode. To unwind I decided to explore the Ontario Mills Mall/Outlets, probably the biggest mall on the west coast. I walked around for about 2 hours, wandering in and out of stores. This place is like a casino, no windows and limited natural light. I don't know if it was the best thing to do to unwind, maybe a glass of wine would have been better. Maybe I just need some sleep. My plan tomorrow is to get a pedicure then go see Pineapple Express, I figure that it will be dumb and funny, both of which I am in need of. Toodles.