Aug. 4

Wednesday.

Perception and Miscommunication.

Those two words are something that really need to be focused on. They both are two things that can throw you for a loop and then when you get a chance to really see things as they are - you feel like a dope for something that you've done.

And why is it that when you are talking - we don't reall listen - and then hear something else?

Those three things are so important and we need to really focus on all of them.

School.
Oh man... I'm already stressed. I went to the admin building today to make sure that I wasn't going to be losing my stipend money. I get paid by a federal fund - being a special education teacher. On top of that money, I get an extra bit for having to do all the necessar paperwork that we do to make sure that the kids are doing what they need to be doing to learn. Make sense, right?

When I saw my schedule the other day, I needed to know what was going on because they had me teaching two regular classes of English. That would mean that I'm not teaching 5 classes of Special Education. I would only be teaching 3. That's not 80% of the school day. That's 60%. So, in effect, I could lose my stipend.

However, I was told that I would be getting my stipend, that I did not volunteer for the position that they put me in, and I was told that my schedule would probably change because a federally funded teacher can't teach regular education classes.

So, my stress level did go down a bit. Went down a lot. But regardless, I'm better than I was this morning.

Thank goodness for people who listen to me and help me to understand what I need to do. Also thank goodness for Jennifer Key who came in and helped Lisa figure out my schedule. Hopefully it will be better when I go back to school on Monday.

~MJ