Classes started this week and I’m
actually pretty excited to be able to say I’ve met the students. They don’t seem that different than high
school students anywhere else in the country, but the honors ones seem like
they’re going to be a lot more fun to teach.
I’m excited to be able to have real conversations with them that aren’t
dependent on their being able to behave like humans. I don’t miss the students or the atmosphere
at DP, where everyone felt stifled and it wasn’t a place you could actually be
for a long time. However, I do miss a
bit of the structure and getting to have lesson plans ready for earlier than
the day before. I also don’t quite feel
like I’m in control of this curriculum, and I’m missing the feeling at ESA
where I was actually in charge of what was going to be taught. I wasn’t necessarily the best teacher ever,
but I have since improved drastically and in that improvement have also learned
about better teaching and administrative environments. I have genuinely appreciated the variety of
experiences I’ve had, because they have shaped who I am as a teacher as well as
who I am as a person.
On a separate note, I had an
incredible time in Chicago during Labor day weekend, getting to spend some time
with Serena, and explore a new city with Sacha.
It was really nice to get to spend a few hours in a science museum and
to get to make liquid nitrogen ice cream and play with toys made for everyone. I think if the science museum idea could be
more widespread, or more museums were like large playgrounds, that would
generate a greater interest in science in the population as a whole. (I LOVE science museums!)
Separately from that, I HATE
finding housing in NYC, and the nightmare that it’s been for the past month and
a half. From searching through tons of
apartments until finding one that feels right to being at a lease signing to
find that the terms I asked for wouldn’t be met to losing that apartment
because I waited overnight to signing a different lease for another apartment I
liked to potentially losing that one because of drama between the management
company and the broker, I’m just tired of the struggle that this has been and
not willing to continue fighting so hard for a crappy apartment in a
neighborhood for an equivalent commute.
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